Dorosoma

noun
Dor·​o·​so·​ma | \ ˌdȯrəˈsōmə\

Definition of Dorosoma

: a genus (sometimes the type of the family Dorosomidae or Dorosomatidae) of fishes that includes the gizzard shad and is now usually placed among the Clupeidae

History and Etymology for Dorosoma

New Latin, from doro- (from Greek dory wood, trunk of a tree, spear) + -soma

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