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swampfish

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[swomp-fish] / ˈswɒmpˌfɪʃ /

noun

a small fish, Chologaster cornuta, related to the cavefishes, inhabiting swamps and streams of the Atlantic coastal plain, having small but functional eyes and almost transparent skin.

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