pimelodid
/pɪməˈləʊdɪd/Ichthyol.
adjective
Of or relating to the family Pimelodidae, which comprises scaleless freshwater catfishes having long, slender, sensitive barbels and an adipose fin, found in South and Central America and the larger Caribbean islands.
noun
A catfish of the family Pimelodidae.
Origin
1920s; earliest use found in Funk and Wagnalls New Standard Dictionary. From scientific Latin Pimelodus, genus name (B. G. E. de la V. de Lacépède Hist. nat. poiss. V. 93; from ancient Greek πιμελώδης like fat, fatty from πιμελή fat + -ώδης) + -id.