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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A species of subtropical perciform saltwater fish, Zaprora silenus, found in the North Pacific.
2. 2
   An Australian prowfish (any fish of the family Pataecidae, characterized by a long dorsal fin that begins far forward on the head, forming a "prow" shape, and extends all the way to the caudal fin).

Etymology

From prow + fish.

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