noun
South American catfish having the body covered with bony plates
• Hypernyms: ↑catfish, ↑siluriform fish
• Member Holonyms: ↑Laricariidae, ↑family Laricariidae
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noun : any of certain So. American catfishes chiefly of the family Loricariidae having the body covered by rough and often interlocking bony plates
Useful english dictionary. 2012.