Squamipennes
plural noun
Squa·mi·pen·nes
in some classifications
: a suborder of Percomorphi comprising chiefly tropical marine fishes with a narrow deep body and usually scaly bases on the dorsal and anal fins and including Chaetodontidae, Ephippidae, and various other families
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from squam- + -i- + -pennes (from Latin penna feather)
- give someone the elbow
- give someone the eye
- give someone the finger
- give someone the hook
- give someone the nod
- give someone the pink slip
- give someone the push
- give someone the runaround
- give someone the sack
- give someone the shirt off one's back
- give someone the shivers
- give someone the slip
- give someone the time of day
- give someone to understand
- give someone up for lost
- give something a fling
- give something a jerk
- give something a miss
- give something a rest
- give something a second look
- give something a shot
- give something a whirl
- give something new life
- give something up as a bad job
- give the ax