Etymology

kyphosid

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Today it means: Any of the perciform fish of the family Kyphosidae (the sea chubs). Full definition →

Ancient Greek κυφός
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκυφός
  2. English todaykyphosid

From Ancient Greek κυφός (kuphós) + + -id.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekκυφός all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.