elops
noun
ˈeˌläps,
ˈēˌ-
1
plural elops or elopses, obsolete : a marine animal sometimes identified as the sturgeon
also : sea serpent
2
capitalized [New Latin, from Latin] : a genus (the type of the family Elopidae) of fishes of the order Isospondyli that are related to the tarpons and contain the ten-pounder (E. saurus)
Word History
Etymology
Latin, from Greek ellops, elops, a fish; perhaps akin to Greek lepis scale
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