Kyphosidae

plural noun

Ky·​phos·​i·​dae

kīˈfäsəˌdē

: a family of chiefly tropical percoid shore fishes resembling bass and including a number of important herbivorous food fishes see kyphosus , rudderfish

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from New Latin, from Kyphosus Kyphosus + -idae -idae

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