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cavefishes

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cave⋅fish

[keyv-fish]
–noun, plural (especially collectively) -fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish⋅es.
any of several fishes that live in cave waters, as species of the genus Amblyopsis, having no body pigment and rudimentary, functionless eyes.

Origin:
1870–75; cave + fish
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cave·fish   (kāv'fĭsh')   
n.   pl. cavefish or cave·fish·es
Any of various freshwater fishes of the family Amblyopsidae, found in subterranean waters and having rudimentary nonfunctioning eyes.
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