Menaspis

noun

Men·​as·​pis

mə̇ˈnaspə̇s

: a genus of Upper Permian cartilaginous fishes (subclass Holocephali) related to the chimaeras

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek mēnē moon + New Latin -aspis

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