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ghostfishes

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ghost⋅fish

  [gohst-fish]
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–noun, plural -fish⋅es, (especially collectively) -fish.
wrymouth.
Origin:
ghost + fish

wry⋅mouth

  [rahy-mouth]
–noun, plural (especially collectively) -mouth, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -mouths  [-mouthz] .
1. any blennioid fish of the family Stichaeidae, having a large, upturned mouth, esp. Cryptacanthodes maculatus, a bottom fish of the Atlantic Ocean.
2. any of several related fishes.
Also called ghostfish.

Origin:
1645–55; wry + mouth
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