cestraciont
English
Etymology
Ancient Greek κέστρα (késtra, “hammer; a kind of fish”) + κίων (kíōn, “pillar; uvula; nasal septum”).
Noun
cestraciont (plural cestracionts)
- (zoology) A shark of the genus Cestracion or related genera, now Heterodontus, the bullhead sharks.
See also
- Sphyrna
- Zygaena
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for cestraciont in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)