convict-fish

con·vict·fish

[kon-vikt-fish]
noun, plural con·vict·fish·es (especially collectively) con·vict·fish.
painted greenling.
Origin:
convict + fish, so called from the fancied resemblance of its stripes to a convict's uniform

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convictfish

noun
greenling with whitish body marked with black bands [syn: painted greenling] 
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