Polymixia
noun
Poly·mix·ia
-ˈmiksēə
: a genus of small deep-sea berycoid fishes coextensive with the family Polymixiidae and resembling the squirrelfishes but having smooth scales and a pair of barbels on the chin
polymixiid noun or adjective
¦⸗⸗¦⸗sēə̇d
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from Greek, mixture of many components, from poly- + mixis act of mixing (from mignynai to mix) + -ia -y