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wreck⋅fish

[rek-fish]
–noun, plural -fish⋅es, (especially collectively) -fish.
a large brown fish, Polyprion americanus, of the sea bass family, inhabiting the Mediterranean Sea and tropical Atlantic Ocean, often occurring in groups near wrecks.
Also called stone bass.


Origin:
1875–80; wreck + -fish
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