Home › Words › E › etheostomoidetheostomoidetheostomoid means resembling or relating to the genus Etheostoma of fishes allied to the perch.EtymologyEtheostoma + -oidadjResembling or relating to the genus Etheostoma of fishes allied to the perch.nounAny of the fish of Etheostoma and related genera.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.stomiiform 61% match — Of or from the order Stomiiformes of ray-finned fish. vs etheostomoid →atelostomate 61% match — Relating to echinoderms of the superorder Atelostomata of sea urchins. vs etheostomoid →eleostearic 60% match — Relating to an eleostearic acid or its derivatives vs etheostomoid →echinostomatoid 60% match — Relating to the echinostomes vs etheostomoid →ectosteal 60% match — Of or pertaining to ectostosis. vs etheostomoid →endostylic 60% match — Of or relating to the endostyle. vs etheostomoid →endodermoid 60% match — Resembling the endodermis. vs etheostomoid →entostromatic 60% match — Relating to entostromata. vs etheostomoid →