What is the meaning of the word "gadiformes"?
Gadiformes is a diverse and ecologically significant order of marine fish, with species that are important both commercially and in marine food webs.
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An order of ray-finned fish that includes cod, hake, pollock, haddock, burbot, rocklings, and moras. NOUN
- Gadiformes are an important source of food for humans and other animals.
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An order of the division of teleosts fishes including the cods and closely related forms but usually more restricted than the order Anacanthini to which it is particular equivalnt. NOUN
- Gadiformes are opportunistic feeders that prey on a variety of organisms.
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Toxonomic order that encompasses a diverse group of marine fish commonly known as cod-like fishes. NOUN
- Gadiformes are typically botton-dwelling fish with elongated bodies and large heads.