wrymouth

[ rahy-mouth ]

noun,plural (especially collectively) wry·mouth, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) wry·mouths [rahy-mouthz]. /ˈraɪˌmaʊðz/.
  1. any blennioid fish of the family Stichaeidae, having a large, upturned mouth, especially Cryptacanthodes maculatus, a bottom fish of the Atlantic Ocean.

  2. any of several related fishes.

Origin of wrymouth

1
First recorded in 1645–55; wry + mouth

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