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mut⋅ton⋅fish

  [muht-n-fish]
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–noun, plural (especially collectively) -fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish⋅es.
1. ocean pout.
2. mutton snapper.
Origin:
1725–35, Americanism; mutton 1 + fish, so called for its muttonlike taste
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mut·ton·fish   (mŭt'n-fĭsh')   
n.   pl. muttonfish or mut·ton·fish·es

  1. An eelpout (Macrozoarces americanus) of the coastal waters of northeast North America.

  2. Mutton snapper.

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