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Queenfish

[kween-fish]

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noun, plural -fish·es, (especially collectively) -fish.

a silvery and bluish drum, Seriphus politus, inhabiting shallow waters along the coast of California.

Origin:
1880–85, Americanism; queen + fish

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queenfish
noun
silvery and bluish drumfish of shallow California coastal waters [syn: white croaker]

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