noun
Meaning 1
Any of certain fishes of the genus Carapus.
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noun
Any of certain fishes of the genus Carapus.
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noun
A fish of species Echiodon dentatus.
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History
From New Latin, from Provençal fielat-fèr, fierasfèr, from fielat, fieras (“net, moray”) (from Old Provençal filat, from fil (“thread”), from Latin fīlum) + fèr (“fierce, wild”), from Latin ferus.