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noun
Any of the genus Ctenopoma of climbing gouramies, native to Africa, including certain members of the genus Microctenopoma, which was part of Ctenopoma in the past.
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History
Borrowed from taxonomic name Ctenopoma, from cteno- + Ancient Greek πῶμα (pôma, “lid”).
