LEPTOLEPIS


Meaning of LEPTOLEPIS in English

lepˈtäləpə̇s noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from lept- + -lepis

: a genus (the type of the family Leptolepidae) of primitive clupeoid fishes that includes numerous small thin-scaled fishes with the tail nearly homocercal

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