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soap•fish



Pronunciation: (sōp'fish"), [key]
—n.,
—pl. (esp. collectively) -fish, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish•es.
any of several serranid fishes of the genus Rypticus, producing a body mucus that gives the skin a soapy quality, as R. saponaceus, inhabiting shallow waters of the Atlantic Ocean.

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