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Sandfish

A small marine fish of the Pacific coast of North America (Trichodon trichodon) which buries itself in the sand.

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Malacopterygian 76% connected

One of the Malacopterygii.

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Percoid 76% connected

Belonging to, or resembling, the perches, or family Percidae.

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Arenaceous adjective · 78% connection

Sandy or consisting largely of sand; of the nature of sand; easily disintegrating into sand; friable; as, arenaceous limestone.

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Atherine noun · 78% connection

A small marine fish of the family Atherinidae, having a silvery stripe along the sides. The European species (Atherina presbyter) is u…

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Balsa noun · 78% connection

A raft or float, used principally on the Pacific coast of South America.

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Beshow noun · 78% connection

A large food fish (Anoplopoma fimbria) of the north Pacific coast; -- called also candlefish.

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Blackfish noun · 78% connection

large dark-colored food fish of the Atlantic coast of North America

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Blacksmith noun · 78% connection

A fish of the Pacific coast (Chromis, / Heliastes, punctipinnis), of a blackish color.

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Bluefish noun · 78% connection

A large voracious fish (Pomatomus saitatrix), of the family Carangidae, valued as a food fish, and widely distributed on the American…

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Bonito noun · 78% connection

The skipjack (Sarda Mediterranea) of the Atlantic, an important and abundant food fish on the coast of the United States, and (S. Chil…

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Bur fish unknown · 78% connection

A spinose, plectognath fish of the Allantic coast of the United States (esp. Chilo mycterus geometricus) having the power of distendin…

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Burier noun · 78% connection

One who, or that which, buries.

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Candlefish noun · 78% connection

A marine fish (Thaleichthys Pacificus), allied to the smelt, found on the north Pacific coast; -- called also eulachon. It is so oily…

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Firefish noun · 78% connection

A singular marine fish of the genus Pterois, family Scorpaenidae, of several species, inhabiting the Indo-Pacific region. They are usu…

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Geoduck noun · 78% connection

A gigantic clam (Glycimeris generosa) of the Pacific coast of North America, highly valued as an article of food.

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Gunnel noun · 78% connection

A small, eel-shaped, marine fish of the genus Muraenoides; esp., M. gunnellus of Europe and America; -- called also gunnel fish, butte…

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Halibut noun · 78% connection

marine food fish of the northern Atlantic or northern Pacific; the largest flatfish and one of the largest teleost fishes

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Holibut noun · 78% connection

marine food fish of the northern Atlantic or northern Pacific; the largest flatfish and one of the largest teleost fishes

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Horseshoe crab noun · 78% connection

large marine arthropod of the Atlantic coast of North America having a domed carapace that is shaped like a horseshoe and a stiff poin…

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King crab noun · 78% connection

large marine arthropod of the Atlantic coast of North America having a domed carapace that is shaped like a horseshoe and a stiff poin…

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