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- Ancient Greek · derived fromκλεῖθρον
- English todaycleithrum
From Ancient Greek κλεῖθρον (kleîthron).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
cleithrum
Today it means: A large bone in fishes, which extends upward from the base of the pectoral fin and anchors to the cranium above the gills, forming the posterior edge of the gill chamber. Full definition →
Ancient Greek κλεῖθρον