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oxyrhynchus (iou)



oxyrhynchus noun. E17.
[Greek oxurrugkhos sharp-snouted, formed as OXY- + rhugkhos snout.]
A fish with a pointed snout; spec. a mormyrid fish, Mormyrus kannume, of the River Nile, venerated by the ancient Egyptians.