Gonorhynchus

noun

Gon·​o·​rhyn·​chus

ˌgänəˈriŋkəs

: a genus of slender cylindrical marine fishes without adipose fin, air bladder, or teeth that constitutes a family (Gonorhynchidae) and is the sole surviving representative of a distinct suborder of the order Isospondyli

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, irregular from goni- + -rhynchus

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