-meryx

noun combining form

-mer·​yx

məriks

: ruminant

—chiefly in generic names of extinct ruminating mammals

leptomeryx

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek mēryx, a ruminating fish, from mērykasthai to ruminate

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