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Butterfish   Listen
noun
Butterfish  n.  (Zool.) A name given to several different fishes, in allusion to their slippery coating of mucus, as the Stromateus triacanthus of the Atlantic coast, the Epinephelus punctatus of the southern coast, the rock eel, and the kelpfish of New Zealand.





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Words linked to "Butterfish" :   Paprilus alepidotus, Palometa simillima, Poronotus triacanthus, barrelfish, harvestfish, bracketed blenny, California pompano, rock gunnel, family Stromateidae, genus Pholis, percoid fish, dollarfish, driftfish, palometa, Hyperglyphe perciformis, Pholis, black rudderfish


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