quillfish

quillfish
\\ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun
: any of various small very slender blennies of the north Pacific of the family Ptilichthyidae

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/kwil"fish'/, n., pl. quillfishes, (esp. collectively) quillfish.
a fish, Ptilichthys goodei, of the Bering Sea, having an eellike body with long, many-rayed fins.
[QUILL + FISH]

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