[sing-ing-fish] 
) -fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish⋅es. | midshipman (def. 3). |
[mid-ship-muhn, mid-ship-] | 1. | a student, as at the U.S. Naval Academy, in training for commission as ensign in the Navy or second lieutenant in the Marine Corps. Compare cadet (def. 2). |
| 2. | British Navy.
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| 3. | Also called singingfish. any toadfish of the genus Porichthys, having many small luminous organs on the underside and producing a buzzing sound with its air bladder. |