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Plotosus

noun
Plo·​to·​sus | \ -səs\

Definition of Plotosus

: a genus (the type of the family Plotosidae) of marine catfishes

History and Etymology for Plotosus

New Latin, probably from Greek plōtos floating, swimming + Latin -osus -ose; akin to Greek plein to sail, float

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