Wreckfish

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Any of the perciform marine fish of the family Polyprionidae, often inhabiting caves and shipwrecks.
  2. 2
    brown fish of the Atlantic and Mediterranean found around rocks and shipwrecks wordnet

Synonyms

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polyprion americanusstone bassstone bass

Etymology

From wreck + fish, since it often comes in with wreckage.

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