Definition of Erpetoichthys
:a genus of fishes (order Cladistia) that contains only the African reedfish and is often isolated from the related genus Polypterus in a monotypic family
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Erpetoichthys
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Er·pe·to·ich·thys
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ˌərpəˌtōˈikthə̇s
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Origin and Etymology of erpetoichthys
New Latin, irregular from herpet- + Greek ichthys fish
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