English Explanatory Dictionary

psychedelic frogfish

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A species of frogfish, Histiophryne psychedelica, with a yellow-brown or peach colour, together with pink and white stripes arranged in a fingerprint pattern, living in the waters near Ambon Island and Bali, Indonesia.

Word forms

psychedelic frogfish psychedelic frogfishes

Etymology

First described as having "a remarkable pigment pattern of white swirling stripes", hence the use of the term psychedelic.

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