conchfish

conchfish
noun
found in West Indies; lives in mantle cavity of a living conch
• Hypernyms: ↑cardinalfish

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/kongk"fish', konch"-/, n., pl. fishes, (esp. collectively) conchfish.
a cardinalfish, Astropogon stellatus, of the Atlantic Ocean.
[CONCH + FISH]

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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  • conchfish — /kongk fish , konch /, n., pl. fishes, (esp. collectively) conchfish. a cardinalfish, Astropogon stellatus, of the Atlantic Ocean. [CONCH + FISH] * * * …   Universalium

  • Astropogon stellatus — noun found in West Indies; lives in mantle cavity of a living conch • Syn: ↑conchfish • Hypernyms: ↑cardinalfish …   Useful english dictionary

  • cardinalfish — noun small red fishes of coral reefs and inshore tropical waters • Hypernyms: ↑percoid fish, ↑percoid, ↑percoidean • Hyponyms: ↑flame fish, ↑flamefish, ↑Apogon maculatus, ↑conchfish, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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