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alligatorfishes

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al⋅li⋅ga⋅tor⋅fish

[al-i-gey-ter-fish]
–noun, plural (especially collectively) -fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish⋅es.
1. a slender marine fish, Aspidophoroides monopterygius, of Atlantic seas, having overlapping plates covering the body.
2. any of several related fishes of the family Agonidae.

Origin:
1765–75, Americanism; alligator + fish
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