Gaspergous

/ɡæsˈpɜrɡəs/ adjective

Definition

Relating to or resembling the gaspergou fish or characteristics associated with it.

Etymology

From gaspergou plus Latin adjective-forming suffix -ous (meaning 'full of' or 'having qualities of'). A rare scientific or descriptive term.

Kelly Says

This word is so obscure that even fish biology textbooks rarely use it—it's the kind of regional scientific term that gets written down once in a 19th-century naturalist's journal and then almost disappears from English.

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