Leptolepis

noun

Lep·​tol·​e·​pis

lepˈtäləpə̇s

: a genus (the type of the family Leptolepidae) of primitive clupeoid fishes that includes numerous small thin-scaled fishes with the tail nearly homocercal

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from lept- + -lepis

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