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Galaxias meaning
Any of the fish of the genus Galaxias.
Example sentences (3)
Next we flew over a small stream that holds the last remaining population of a native fish species, the stocky galaxias.
The Australian trout cod improved its status from “endangered” to “vulnerable to extinction”, and the pedder galaxias – a freshwater fish once believed to be extinct – has improved from “critically endangered” to “endangered” in Tasmania.
Etymology The origin of the word galaxy derives from the Greek term for the Milky Way, galaxias ( γαλαξίας main, "milky one"), or kyklos galaktikos ("milky circle") due to its appearance as a "milky" band of light in the sky.