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SERRASALMO

\sˌɛɹe͡ɪzˈalmə͡ʊ], \sˌɛɹe‍ɪzˈalmə‍ʊ], \s_ˌɛ_ɹ_eɪ_z_ˈa_l_m_əʊ]\

Definitions of SERRASALMO

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language

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ser-a-sal'mo, n. a genus of characinoid fishes, with compressed belly fringed with projecting scales. [L. serra, a saw, salmo, a salmon.]

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
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