saratoga

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English

Etymology

Origin unknown. Perhaps a mispronunciation of New Latin Ceratodus (an extinct genus of lungfish), which is from Ancient Greek κέρας (kéras, horn) + ὀδούς (odoús, tooth).

Noun

saratoga (plural saratogas)

  1. Either of two species of osteoglossid fish of the genus Scleropages, native to northeastern Australia.
    • 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 49:
      They tell us that the fresh waters at Hainin must have been substantial, for they included the remains of a large predatorial fish known as a bonytongue, or saratoga.