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Mormyrus
noun
Mor·my·rus
\mȯ(r)ˈmīrəs\
Definition of Mormyrus
: the type genus of the family Mormyridae comprising oily fleshed edible fishes and including the sacred fishes of ancient Egypt
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Origin and Etymology of mormyrus
New Latin, from Greek mormyros, a sea fish
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