Alepisaurus
noun
Alep·i·sau·rus
¦ā-ˌle-pə-ˈsȯr-əs
: a genus (order Iniomi) of large slender scaleless active and predaceous deep-sea fishes comprising the handsaw fishes
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Greek alepis without scales (from a- entry 2 a- + lepis scale) + New Latin -saurus
First Known Use
1833, in the meaning defined above