noun
a genus of large freshwater fishes of Australia and Borneo
• Syn: ↑genus Scleropages
• Hypernyms: ↑fish genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Osteoglossidae, ↑family Osteoglossidae
• Member Meronyms:
↑Australian arowana, ↑Dawson River salmon, ↑saratoga, ↑spotted barramundi, ↑spotted bonytongue, ↑Scleropages leichardti, ↑Australian bonytongue, ↑northern barramundi, ↑Scleropages jardinii
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\\sklə̇ˈräpəˌjēz\ nounUsage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Greek sklēropagēs firmly put together, from sklēr- scler- + -pagēs (from pagos fixed, fastened, from pēgnynai to fix, fasten together) — more at pact
: a genus of large fishes (family Osteoglossidae) of Australia and Borneo including the barramunda
Useful english dictionary. 2012.