Definition of Aspredo
:a genus of South American catfishes the females of which carry their eggs attached to the skin of the lower surface of the body until hatched
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Aspredo
noun
Aspre·do
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əˈsprē(ˌ)dō
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Origin and Etymology of aspredo
New Latin, from Latin, roughness, from asper rough
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