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velifer

velifer noun: any of two species of fish that make up the family Veliferidae: a spinyfin velifer (Metavelifer multiradiatus) and a sailfin velifer (Vellifer hypselopterus).

velifer: any of two species of fish that make up the family Veliferidae: a spinyfin velifer (Metavelifer...
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Noun

velifer (plural velifers)

  1. Any of two species of fish that make up the family Veliferidae: a spinyfin velifer (Metavelifer multiradiatus) and a sailfin velifer (Vellifer hypselopterus)

Forms of velifer

pluralvelifers

Origin of velifer

From Latin vēl(um) (“sail, curtain”) + -i- + -fer.

Questions about velifer

What does velifer mean?
Velifer means any of two species of fish that make up the family Veliferidae: a spinyfin velifer (Metavelifer multiradiatus) and a sailfin velifer (Vellifer hypselopterus).
What part of speech is velifer?
Velifer is a noun.
What is the plural of velifer?
The plural of velifer is velifers.

Words near velifer in the dictionary

  1. Velhan
  2. velic
  3. Velics
  4. Velie
  5. Velies
  6. velifer
  7. veliferid
  8. veliferids
  9. veliferous
  10. velifers
  11. veliform

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