Caulolatilus

noun

Cau·​lo·​lat·​i·​lus

: a genus of percoid fishes (family Branchiostegidae) including the ocean whitefish and other important food fishes compare blanquillo

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from caul- + latilus, from Latin latus broad

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