pearly razorfish

pearly razorfish

noun
See under razorfish.
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ra·zor·fish

[rey-zer-fish]
noun, plural (especially collectively) ra·zor·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) ra·zor·fish·es.
any of several wrasses of the genus Hemipteronatus having a compressed, sharp-edged head, as H. novacula (pearly razorfish), of the West Indies and the Mediterranean Sea.

Origin:
1595–1605; razor + fish
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pearly razorfish

noun
a kind of razor fish 
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