Icosteus

noun

Icos·​te·​us

īˈkästēəs

: the type genus of the family Icosteidae comprising various typical ragfishes of the Pacific ocean

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek eikein to yield, give way + New Latin -osteus

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