pearl-fish

pearl-fish
noun
found living within the alimentary canals of e.g. sea cucumbers or between the shells of pearl oysters in or near shallow seagrass beds
Syn: ↑pearlfish
Hypernyms: ↑percoid fish, ↑percoid, ↑percoidean
Member Holonyms: ↑Carapidae, ↑family Carapidae

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