oxyrhynchus

Meaning

Noun

  • a fish with a pointed snout
  • Mormyrus kannume (species)

Origin

  • From New Latin oxyrhynchus, from Ancient Greek ὀξῠ́ρρῠγχος ("a kind of Egyptian fish") (whence also the place name Ὀξῠ́ρρῠγχος, from ὀξῠ́ς + ῥῠ́γχος.

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