Pneumatophorus

noun

Pneu·​ma·​toph·​o·​rus

-f(ə)rəs

: a genus of small warm-water mackerels including the Pacific mackerel and the chub mackerel

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from pneumat- + -phorus

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