fierasfer
Definition of fierasfer
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: any of the small inquiline fishes of the genus Carapus
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Fierasfer
Definition of Fierasfer
taxonomic synonym of carapus
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Origin and Etymology of fierasfer
New Latin, from Provençal fielat-fèr, fierasfèr, from fielat, fieras net, moray (from Old Provençal filat, from fil thread, from Latin filum) + fèr fierce, wild, from Latin ferus
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