noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of the fish in the subfamily Centriscinae that swim with their heads pointed downward.
2. 2
   slender tropical shallow-water East Indian fish covered with transparent plates wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

shrimp fishshrimp-fish

Etymology

From shrimp + fish.

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