Chiasmodon

noun

Chi·​as·​mo·​don

kīˈazməˌdän

: a genus of deep-sea percoid fishes see black swallower

chiasmodontid

⸗¦⸗⸗¦⸗tə̇d

noun or adjective

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek chiasma + New Latin -odon

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