Apogon

noun

Apo·​gon

əˈpōˌgän,

āˈ-

: a genus of large-headed marine percoid fishes having the body oblong and compressed and comprising the cardinal fishes see apogonidae

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Middle Greek apōgōn beardless, from Greek a- a- entry 2 + pōgōn beard

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