Phiomia
noun
Phi·o·mia
fīˈōmēə
: a genus of long-jawed mastodons (family Gomphotheriidae) found in the Oligocene of Egypt
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Coptic ph-iom the sea, the lake (from Egyptian ym sea, from a Canaanite word akin to Hebrew yām) + New Latin -ia; from its discovery in the Faiyum, lake province of Egypt