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Meaning of ELOPS

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 Definition: [n]  type genus of the Elopidae: tenpounder
 
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 Synonyms: genus Elops
 
 See Also: Elopidae, Elops saurus, family Elopidae, fish genus, ladyfish, tenpounder

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\E"lops\, n. [L. elops, helops, a kind of sea fish, Gr.
?.]
1. (Zo["o]l.) A genus of fishes. See {Saury}.
2. A mythical serpent. [Obs.] --Milton.
 

 

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