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Leptolepidae

plural noun
Lep·​to·​lep·​i·​dae

Definition of Leptolepidae

: a family of primitive clupeoid fishes of the Upper Lias and Lower Cretaceous

History and Etymology for Leptolepidae

New Latin, from Leptolepis, type genus + -idae

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