Pomolobus

noun

Po·​mol·​o·​bus

pəˈmäləbəs

: a genus of small fishes (family Clupeidae) including the common alewife and the skipjack (Pomolobus chrysochloris)

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, probably irregular from Greek pōmat-, pōma lid + New Latin -lobus

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