Gymnarchus

noun

Gym·​nar·​chus

jimˈnärkəs

: a monotypic genus (the type of the family Gymnarchidae) that contains a soft-finned African river fish having a sense organ in the tail that functions like radar

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from gymn- + Greek archos anus; from the absence of anal fins

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