elops

noun

ˈeˌläps,

ˈēˌ-

1

plural elops or elopses, obsolete : a marine animal sometimes identified as the sturgeon

also : sea serpent

2

capitalized [New Latin, from Latin] : a genus (the type of the family Elopidae) of fishes of the order Isospondyli that are related to the tarpons and contain the ten-pounder (E. saurus)

Word History

Etymology

Latin, from Greek ellops, elops, a fish; perhaps akin to Greek lepis scale

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