mid·ship·man  (mĭd'shĭp'mən, mĭd-shĭp'mən) 
n. Abbr. Midn. A student training to be a commissioned naval officer, especially a student at a naval academy. Any of various fishes of the genus Porichthys, having several rows of light-producing organs along their bodies.
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