Lutjanus

noun

Lu·​tja·​nus

-ˈchānəs

: a genus of marine percoid fishes that is the type of the family Lutjanidae and includes both important food fishes and a few highly toxic forms

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, probably from Malay dialect lutjang, a fish

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