Mormyrus

noun

Mor·​my·​rus

mȯ(r)ˈmīrəs

: the type genus of the family Mormyridae comprising oily fleshed edible fishes and including the sacred fishes of ancient Egypt

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek mormyros, a sea fish

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