a. and sb. Ichthyol. [ad. mod.L. Labroidea, f. Labrus, generic name, f. labrum lip: see -OID.]
A. adj. Pertaining to the family Labridæ or superfamily Labroidea of acanthopterygian fishes of which the typical genus is Labrus.
1839. Penny Cycl., XIII. 262/1. Those Labroid fishes which approach the genus Labrus in having the lips thick and fleshy.
1864. Reader, No. 86. 239/3. A new Labroid genus allied to Trochocopus.
1892. Athenæum, 26 March, 407/2. The labroid fishes of America and Europe.
B. sb. A labroid fish.
1854. Owen, in Circ. Sci. (c. 1865), II. 96/2. Sparoids, labroids.
1865. Reader, No. 110. 143/2. Fishes which … pass to the type of Labroids and Lophioids.
