Alepisaurus

noun

Alep·​i·​sau·​rus

¦ā-ˌle-pə-ˈsȯr-əs

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

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek alepis without scales (from a- entry 2 a- + lepis scale) + New Latin -saurus

First Known Use

1833, in the meaning defined above

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