BREVOORTIA


Meaning of BREVOORTIA in English

brəˈvōrsh(ē)ə noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, probably from J. Carson Brevoort died 1887 American naturalist and ichthyologist + New Latin -ia

: a genus of small marine fishes (family Clupeidae) comprising the menhadens

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