fierasfer

Etymology

From New Latin, from Provençal fielat-fèr, fierasfèr, from fielat, fieras (“net, moray”) (from Old Provençal filat, from fil (“thread”), from Latin fīlum) + fèr (“fierce, wild”), from Latin ferus.

noun

  1. Any of certain fishes of the genus Carapus.
  2. A fish of species Echiodon dentatus.