Akademik

Alepisaurus

noun

slender scaleless predaceous tropical deep-sea fishes

• Syn: ↑genus Alepisaurus

• Hypernyms: ↑fish genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Teleostei, ↑subclass Teleostei

• Member Meronyms: ↑lancetfish, ↑lancet fish, ↑wolffish, ↑handsaw fish

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\\|āˌlepəˈsȯrəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek alepis without scales (from a- a- (II) + lepis scale) + New Latin -saurus

: a genus (order Iniomi) of large slender scaleless active and predaceous deep-sea fishes comprising the handsaw fishes

Useful english dictionary. 2012.