convictfish

[kon-vikt-fish]

con·vict·fish

[kon-vikt-fish]
noun, plural con·vict·fish·es, (especially collectively) con·vict·fish.

Origin:
convict + fish, so called from the fancied resemblance of its stripes to a convict's uniform
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Convictfish is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a gadget; dingus; thingumbob.
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convictfish

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