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pentacerotid

pentacerotid noun: any fish in the family Pentacerotidae.

Noun

pentacerotid (plural pentacerotids)

  1. Any fish in the family Pentacerotidae.

Synonyms of pentacerotid

Forms of pentacerotid

pluralpentacerotids

Origin of pentacerotid

By surface analysis, an appellativization from Pentacerotid(ae) minus -ae (a pattern that recurs with many -idae names); the roots (meaning "five horns") are explained at Pentacerotid(ae). By surface analysis, ending in suffix -id.

Questions about pentacerotid

What does pentacerotid mean?
Pentacerotid means any fish in the family Pentacerotidae.
What part of speech is pentacerotid?
Pentacerotid is a noun.
What is the plural of pentacerotid?
The plural of pentacerotid is pentacerotids.

Words near pentacerotid in the dictionary

  1. pentacations
  2. pentacellular
  3. pentacene
  4. pentacenes
  5. pentacephalous
  6. pentacerotid
  7. pentacerotids
  8. pentacetate
  9. pentacetates
  10. pentachloride
  11. pentachlorides

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