hassar

noun

has·​sar

ˈhasə(r)

plural -s

: any of several nest-building armored catfishes of the family Callichthyidae that occur in the Orinoco and its tributaries and are able to leave the water and travel some distance on land

Word History

Etymology

Arawak asa

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