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SEMOTILUS

\sˈɛmətˌɪləs], \sˈɛmətˌɪləs], \s_ˈɛ_m_ə_t_ˌɪ_l_ə_s]\

Definitions of SEMOTILUS

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

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s[=e]-mot'i-lus, n. an American genus of leuciscine fishes, including the chub and dace. [Gr. s[=e]ma, a mark, ptilon, a feather.]

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