Etymology

pholid

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Today it means: Any fish in the family Pholidae. Full definition →

Ancient Greek φολῐ́ς
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromφολῐ́ς“horny scale”
  2. English todaypholid

From Ancient Greek φολῐ́ς (pholĭ́s, “horny scale”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekφολῐ́ς all →

pholidosis

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