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squirrelfish
[ skwur-uhl-fish, skwuhr-or, especially British, skwir- ]
noun
- any of several brightly colored, nocturnal fishes of the family Holocentridae, inhabiting shallow waters of tropical reefs, especially the reddish Holocentrus ascensionis of the West Indies, armed with sharp spines and scales.
squirrelfish
/ ˈskwɪrəlˌfɪʃ /
noun
- any tropical marine brightly coloured teleost fish of the family Holocentridae
Word History and Origins
Origin of squirrelfish1
Word History and Origins
Origin of squirrelfish1
Example Sentences
Long-beaked parrotfish, big-eyed squirrelfish, translucent blue disc-shaped surgeonfish, and huge angelfish in a dozen patterns nibbled on brightly colored coral and darted through sea anemones.
Parrotfish browsed here and there, chewing on the coral, alongside reddish squirrelfish, yellow French grunts and large schools of blue tang.
These include two species found nowhere else on Earth: a species of squirrelfish and the many-spined butterfly fish.
These include two species found nowhere else on Earth: the squirrelfish and the many-spined butterfly fish.
Anything that emerged from the night’s catch—squirrelfish or parrot fish, milky-eyed goatfish dead in the ropes, sling-jawed lionfish with their wings twisted—now lies spread in smudged colors across the Frenchman’s bed.
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