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Aspredo

noun
Aspre·do | \əˈsprē(ˌ)dō\

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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History and Etymology for Aspredo

New Latin, from Latin, roughness, from asper rough

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(as) pretty as a picture

(as) pure as the driven snow

a square peg in a round hole

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