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Kyphosus

noun
Ky·​pho·​sus | \ kīˈfōsəs\

Definition of Kyphosus

: a genus that includes the Bermuda chub and is the type of the family Kyphosidae

History and Etymology for Kyphosus

borrowed from New Latin, from Greek kŷphos “hump, protuberance” (derivative of kȳphós “bent forward, hunchbacked”) + Latin -ōsus -ose entry 1; so called from a double hump between the mouth and dorsal fin of the type specimen, probably a deformity

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