cyclopterid (siklopterid)

family Cyclopterida. Cyclopteride (sī-klop-ter'i-dē), n. pl. [NL., IMG:content-1917.jpg:[blocks in formation] II. n. One of the Cyclo pterin a . cyclopteroid (si-klop'te-roid), a. and n. I. a. Of or relating to the Cyclopterida. II. n. A fish of the family Cyclopteridæ or superfamily Cyclopteroidea . Cyclopteroidea (sī-klop-te-roidē-a), n . pl . [NL., Cyclopterus + -oidea . ] A superfamily of acanthopterygian fishes, distinguished by the development of a suctorial disk resulting from the union of the ventral fins and the fixture of their rays to the pelvic bones. It includes the families Cyclopteridæ and Liparidida . Cyclopterus (sī-klop'te-rus), n. [NL., Gr. κύκλος , & circle, + πτερόν , wing.] A genus of fishes, typical of the family Cyclopterida . By the Lump-fish (Cyclopterus lump us). older authors it was made to include all forms with an imperfectly o ified skeleton and the ventral fins united in a broad suctorial disk; by later authors it is restricted to the lump-fish ( C. lump us ) and closely related species. cyclorama (sī-klō-rämä), n. [ arranged on the walls of a room of eylindrical shape, and so executed as to appear in natural perspective, the spectators occupying a position in the center; a circular panorama. It is only within a generation that cycloramas have been painted and constructed with a satisfactory degree of mechanical perfection. Applet on's Ann. Cyc., 1986, p.: cycloramic (sī-klō-ram'ik), a . [ cyclorama + ic.l Μα -ic.] Relating to or of the nature of a cyclo ram a. The laws of cycloramic perspective have been understood for two or three centuries. Applet on's Ann. Сус., 1886, р. 278.