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‖ mormyrus Ichth.|ˈmɔːmɪrəs|
Also 8 mormylus.
[mod.L., a. Gr. µορµύρος (corruptly µορµύλος).]
A fish of the African genus Mormyrus.
1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Mormyra, or Mormyrus, (Gr.) a kind of Sea-fish of divers Colours. 1752J. Hill Hist. Anim. 254 The Mormylus. This is a very singularly marked species [etc.]. 1774Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1776) VI. 315 The Mormyrus. The body oblong; the head elongated. 1887Amer. Naturalist XXI. 584 G. A. Boulenger has recently described a Mormyrus from the Lower Congo.
Hence ˈmormyr(e, morˈmyrian, ˈmormyrid, a fish of the family Mormyridæ, of which the genus Mormyrus is the type.
1890Century Dict., Mormyre, Mormyrian. 1898Proc. Zool. Soc. 15 Nov. 778 Those possible ancestors of the Mormyrs belong to the most generalized forms of Clupeines. 1899Ibid. 28 Nov. 934 The Mormyrids. |