English Explanatory Dictionary

denticle herring

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Denticeps clupeoides; a small, silver, clupeiform fish, the sole extant species in the suborder Denticipitoidei, found in rivers adjacent to the Gulf of Guinea in west-central Africa.

Word forms

denticle herring denticle herrings

Etymology

Partial calque from translingual and phono-semantic matching of translingual Denticeps clupeoides (literally “herring-like tooth-head”).

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