therapon

noun

ther·​a·​pon

ˈtherəˌpän

1

capitalized : a genus of small silvery Indo-Pacific percoid fishes see silver perch

2

plural -s : any fish of the genus Therapon

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Greek therapont-, therapōn attendant; akin to Greek theraps attendant

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