petoankerias

Finnish

noun
Definitions
  • cutthroat eel eel of the family Synaphobranchidae
  • Kaup's arrowtooth eel, Kaup's cut-throat eel, Gray's cutthroat, longnosed eel, northern cutthroat eel, Slatjaw cutthroat eel, Synaphobranchus kaupii deepwater eel present in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian oceans
  • (in plural) the taxonomic family Synaphobranchidae

Etymology

Compound from Finnish peto (predator, monster, beast) + Finnish ankerias (eel).

Origin

Finnish

ankerias

Gloss

eel

Kanji

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