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Sleid vs Soleid - What's the difference?

sleid | soleid |

As a verb sleid

is to sley, or prepare for use in the weaver's sley, or slaie.

As a noun soleid is

(zoology) any species of the family soleidae.

sleid

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To sley, or prepare for use in the weaver's sley, or slaie.
  • (Shakespeare)
    (Webster 1913)

    soleid

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (zoology) Any species of the family Soleidae.
  • * 2003 , Roberto E. Reis, Sven O. Kullander, Carl J. Ferraris, Check List of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America , page 666,
  • A similar character also appears in the Soleidae, but is never covered by lower lip in that family; soleids do not occur in the Neotropics.
  • * 2005 , T. W. Farooqi, R. F. Shaw, J. G. Ditty, J. Lyczkowski-Shultz, Chapter 207: Cynoglossidae: Tongue fishes'', William J. Richards (editor), ''Early Stages of Atlantic Fishes , page 2368,
  • Larvae of the flatfish family Soleidae most closely resemble tonguefish larvae but the smaller jaws and more attenuated body shape in cynoglossids serves to distinguish them from larval soleids .
  • * 2008 , Thomas A. Monroe, Chapter 2: Systematic diversity of the Pleuronectiformes'', Robin N. Gibson (editor), ''Flatfishes: Biology and Exploitation , page 14,
  • The oldest soleids', ''Eobuglossus eocenicus'' and ''Turahbuglossus cuvillieri'', both known from single specimens from the Upper Lutetian of Egypt (Chabanaud 1937; Chanet 1994, 1997), are also among the first known flatfish fossils and they are identical to skeletons of recent ' soleids .

    Synonyms

    * (any species of Soleidae) sole, true sole