English Explanatory Dictionary

fierasfer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of certain fishes of the genus Carapus.
  2. A fish of species Echiodon dentatus.

Word forms

fierasfer fierasfers

Etymology

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.

Related words

fierasferid fierasferoid
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