pantodon

noun

pan·​to·​don

ˈpantəˌdän

1

capitalized : a genus (the type of the family Pantodontidae) of freshwater isospondylous fishes of West Africa consisting of the butterfly fish (Pantodon buchholzi)

2

or less commonly pantodont

-änt

plural -s : butterfly fish sense 1e

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from pant- + -odon

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