LEPIDOSIREN


Meaning of LEPIDOSIREN in English

ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+ noun

Etymology: New Latin, from lepid- + Siren

1. capitalized : a genus of eel-shaped dipnoan fishes containing a single species ( Lepidosiren paradoxa ) inhabiting the swamps of the Amazon and La Plata rivers and their tributaries and with the related Protopterus constituting a family (Lepidosirenidae)

2. -s : any fish of the genus Lepidosiren or of the family Lepidosirenidae

• lep·i·do·sirenoid | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷+ adjective or noun

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