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PEARL-FISH

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Found living within the alimentary canals of e.g. sea cucumbers or between the shells of pearl oysters in or near shallow seagrass bedsplay

Synonyms:

pearl-fish; pearlfish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("pearl-fish" is a kind of...):

percoid; percoid fish; percoidean (any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes)

Holonyms ("pearl-fish" is a member of...):

Carapidae; family Carapidae (pearlfishes: related to the Brotulidae)

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