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shrimpfish

American  
[shrimp-fish] / ˈʃrɪmpˌfɪʃ /

noun

PLURAL

shrimpfish

PLURAL

shrimpfishes

  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.

Etymology

Origin of shrimpfish

shrimp + fish

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