shrimpfish: Meaning and Definition of

shrimp•fish

Pronunciation: (shrimp'fish"), [key]
— pl. -fish, -fish•es.
  1. any of several fishes of the family Centriscidae, inhabiting shallow waters from eastern Africa to Hawaii, having a compressed body covered with transparent plates.
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