Pristella

noun

Pris·​tel·​la

priˈstelə

: a genus of small often brightly colored South American characin fishes that are sometimes kept in the tropical aquarium

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from prist- (probably from Latin pristinus pristine) + -ella

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