English Explanatory Dictionary

wreckfish

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of the perciform marine fish of the family Polyprionidae, often inhabiting caves and shipwrecks.

Word forms

wreckfish wreckfishes

Etymology

From wreck + fish, since it often comes in with wreckage.

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