wormfish

[wurm-fish]

noun, plural (especially collectively) worm·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) worm·fish·es.

any of several small, slender fishes of the family Microdesmidae, inhabiting tropical marine waters.

Origin of wormfish

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