Lēp'a-do-găs'ter, n.

n. [Gr. λεπάς, λεπάδος, a shell-fish, and γαστήρ, belly.] (Ichth.) A genus of fishes having the ventral fins expanded and curved forward, so as to form the boundary of an adhesive disk beneath the throat, and the body smooth and without scales. Brande.