wrymouth

[ rahy-mouth ]

noun

, plural (especially collectively) wry·mouth, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) wry·mouths [rahy, -mou, th, z].

1. any blennioid fish of the family Stichaeidae, having a large, upturned mouth, especially Cryptacanthodes maculatus, a bottom fish of the Atlantic Ocean.
2. any of several related fishes.

Word History and Origins

Origin of wrymouth¹

First recorded in 1645–55; wry + mouth