Diplectrum

noun

Di·​plec·​trum

dīˈplektrəm

: a genus of small marine and brackish-water fishes (family Serranidae) widely distributed along the warmer parts of both coasts of the Americas compare sandfish

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from di- + plectrum

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