Abudefduf

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Translingual[edit]

Abudefduf bengalensis
(blackspot sergeant)

Etymology[edit]

From Arabic, from أَبُو (ʔabū, father”; “one of, one with) + دَفّ (daff, side) + ـدُف (-duf, intensive plural suffix).(check that it the last element is really an intensive suffix as opposed to the plural marker of دُفُوف with an intrusive 'd').

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (English, US) IPA(key): /ˌæ.buˈdɛf.dəf/

Proper noun[edit]

Abudefduf m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Pomacentridae – the sergeant fish.

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For the taxonomic hierarchy, see Wikispecies.

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