Home › Words › C › ctenopomactenopomactenopoma means any of the genus Ctenopoma of climbing gouramies, native to Africa, including certain members of the genus Microctenopoma, which was part of Ctenopoma in the past.EtymologyBorrowed from taxonomic name Ctenopoma, from cteno- + Ancient Greek πῶμα (pôma, “lid”).nounAny of the genus Ctenopoma of climbing gouramies, native to Africa, including certain members of the genus Microctenopoma, which was part of Ctenopoma in the past.e.g.“Ornate ctenopoma (Ctenopoma ansorgii)” — 1990, Ines Scheurmann, Aquarium Fish Breeding: Breeding Instructions for Cichlids, Characins, Catfish, and Other Popular Fish, Barron's, page 130:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.ctenotus 63% match — Any skink of the genus Ctenotus. vs ctenopoma →ctenophore 60% match — Any of various marine animals of the phylum Ctenophora, having lucent, mucilaginous bodies bearing eight rows of comblike cilia used for swimming. vs ctenopoma →ctenopod 60% match — Any crustacean of the suborder Ctenopoda vs ctenopoma →ctenomyid 59% match — Any rodent of the family Ctenomyidae. vs ctenopoma →ctenacanthid 59% match — Any extinct fish of the genus Ctenacanthus vs ctenopoma →ctenoid 59% match — Having a toothed margin, usually fish scales vs ctenopoma →ctenoidean 59% match — Relating to the former group of fish Ctenoidei; ray-finned. vs ctenopoma →ctenocheyid 59% match — Any fish of the genus Ctenochaetus vs ctenopoma →