nematognath

English

Etymology

From nemato- +‎ -gnath, after taxonomic name Nematognathi.[1]

Noun

nematognath (plural nematognaths)

  1. (zoology, archaic) A catfish; one of the Nematognathi, now called Siluriformes.

References

  1. ^ “nematognath, adj. and n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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