Aspredo

noun

Aspre·​do

əˈsprē(ˌ)dō

: a genus of South American catfishes the females of which carry their eggs attached to the skin of the lower surface of the body until hatched

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin, roughness, from asper rough

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