əˈsprē(ˌ)dō noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, roughness, from asper rough
: a genus of So. American catfishes the females of which carry their eggs attached to the skin of the lower surface of the body until hatched
əˈsprē(ˌ)dō noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, roughness, from asper rough
: a genus of So. American catfishes the females of which carry their eggs attached to the skin of the lower surface of the body until hatched
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012