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Mallotus

noun

capelins

• Syn: ↑genus Mallotus

• Hypernyms: ↑fish genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Osmeridae, ↑family Osmeridae

• Member Meronyms: ↑capelin, ↑capelan, ↑caplin

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\\məˈlōd.əs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek mallōtos fleecy, from mallos lock of wool

: a genus of tropical Asiatic and Australian trees (family Euphorbiaceae) with diclinous flowers of which the staminate ones have numerous stamens — see kamala

Useful english dictionary. 2012.