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ctenopoma

ctenopoma noun: any of the genus Ctenopoma of climbing gouramies, native to Africa, including certain members of the genus Microctenopoma, which was part of Ctenopoma in the past.

Noun

ctenopoma (plural ctenopomas)

  1. Any of the genus Ctenopoma of climbing gouramies, native to Africa, including certain members of the genus Microctenopoma, which was part of Ctenopoma in the past.
    • Ornate ctenopoma (Ctenopoma ansorgii)1990, Ines Scheurmann, Aquarium Fish Breeding: Breeding Instructions for Cichlids, Characins, Catfish, and Other Popular Fish, Barron's, page 130
    • Ctenopoma kingsleyi is the largest known species of the ctenopomas.1996, Herbert R. Axelrod, Cliff W. Emmens, Warren E. Burgess, Neal Pronek, Exotic Tropical Fishes, fifth revised and expanded edition, Neptune City, NJ: T.F.H. Publications, page 585

Forms of ctenopoma

pluralctenopomas

Origin of ctenopoma

Borrowed from taxonomic name Ctenopoma, from cteno- + Ancient Greek πῶμα (pôma, “lid”).

Words formed from ctenopoma

Questions about ctenopoma

What does ctenopoma mean?
Ctenopoma means any of the genus Ctenopoma of climbing gouramies, native to Africa, including certain members of the genus Microctenopoma, which was part of Ctenopoma in the past.
What part of speech is ctenopoma?
Ctenopoma is a noun.
What is the plural of ctenopoma?
The plural of ctenopoma is ctenopomas.

Words near ctenopoma in the dictionary

  1. ctenoplanids
  2. ctenoplectrid
  3. ctenoplectrids
  4. ctenopod
  5. ctenopods
  6. ctenopoma
  7. ctenopomas
  8. ctenosaur
  9. ctenosauriscid
  10. ctenosauriscids
  11. ctenosaurs

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