Istiophorus

noun

type genus of the Istiophoridae

• Syn: ↑genus Istiophorus

• Hypernyms: ↑fish genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Istiophoridae, ↑family Istiophoridae

• Member Meronyms: ↑Atlantic sailfish, ↑Istiophorus albicans

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\\ˌistēˈäfərəs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, irregular from Greek histion sail + New Latin -phorus; akin to Greek histanai to cause to stand — more at stand

: a small but widely distributed genus of fishes comprising the sailfishes (sense 1) and being type of the family Istiophoridae

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Histiophˈorus or Istiophˈorus noun

(Gr phoros bearer) a genus of swordfishes with a sail-like dorsal fin

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Main Entry: ↑hist-