Thursday, October 03, 2013

Today's words

fimbriated \FIM-bree-ay-tud\ - having the edge or extremity bordered by slender processes : fringed
I knew flagellated - though evidently the preferred form of that adjective is flagellate, with two of three recognized pronunciations being different from that of the verb - but not fimbriated.

cichlid \SI klid\ - any of a family (Cichlidae) of mostly tropical spiny-finned usually freshwater fishes including several kept in tropical aquariums
I ran into this in an article about a newly-discovered species of pufferfish that creates interesting circular patterns on the ocean floor.

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