Defn: An order of slender eel-like fishes having the gill openings confluent beneath the neck. The pectoral arch is generally attached to the skull, and the entire margin of the upper jaw is formed by the premaxillary. Called also Symbranchia.
SYMMETRAL
Sym"me*tral, a.
Defn: Commensurable; symmetrical. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.
SYMMETRIAN
Sym*me"tri*an, n.
Defn: One eminently studious of symmetry of parts. [R.] Sir P.
Sidney.
SYMMETRIC
Sym*met"ric, a.
Defn: Symmetrical.
SYMMETRICAL
Sym*met"ric*al, a. Etym: [Cf. F. symétrique. See Symmetry.]
1. Involving or exhibiting symmetry; proportional in parts; having its parts in due proportion as to dimensions; as, a symmetrical body or building.
2. (Biol.)