Alopias

noun

Alo·​pi·​as

əˈlōpēəs

: a monotypic genus of elasmobranch fishes that comprises the thresher sharks and is usually included in the Lamnidae but sometimes made the type and sole representative of a separate family

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, modification of Greek alōpekias thresher shark

First Known Use

1831, in the meaning defined above

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