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Mormyrus

noun
Mor·​my·​rus | \ mȯ(r)ˈmīrəs\

Definition of Mormyrus

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

History and Etymology for Mormyrus

New Latin, from Greek mormyros, a sea fish

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