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Cottoid vs Contoid - What's the difference?

cottoid | contoid |

As nouns the difference between cottoid and contoid

is that cottoid is a fish belonging to, or resembling, the genus Cottus while contoid is a phonetic consonant, as opposed to a phonological one.

As an adjective cottoid

is like a fish of the genus Cottus.

cottoid

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (zoology) Like a fish of the genus Cottus .

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (zoology) A fish belonging to, or resembling, the genus Cottus .
    • (Webster 1913)

    contoid

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (linguistics) A phonetic consonant, as opposed to a phonological one.

    • See also

    * vocoid

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