Scleropages

noun

a genus of large freshwater fishes of Australia and Borneo

• Syn: ↑genus Scleropages

• Hypernyms: ↑fish genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Osteoglossidae, ↑family Osteoglossidae

• Member Meronyms:

↑Australian arowana, ↑Dawson River salmon, ↑saratoga, ↑spotted barramundi, ↑spotted bonytongue, ↑Scleropages leichardti, ↑Australian bonytongue, ↑northern barramundi, ↑Scleropages jardinii

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\\sklə̇ˈräpəˌjēz\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek sklēropagēs firmly put together, from sklēr- scler- + -pagēs (from pagos fixed, fastened, from pēgnynai to fix, fasten together) — more at pact

: a genus of large fishes (family Osteoglossidae) of Australia and Borneo including the barramunda