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cusk-eel

American  
[kuhsk-eel] / ˈkʌskˌil /

noun

PLURAL

cusk-eel

PLURAL

cusk-eels

  1. any of several eellike, marine fishes of the family Ophidiidae, having the ventral fins located under the throat and so modified as to resemble barbels.

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The assfish is actually a type of tadpole-shaped fish called a "cusk-eel."

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