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Wormfish

Any of the family Microdesmidae of small goby-like fish which often burrow in estuarine mud.

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    Any of the family Microdesmidae of small goby-like fish which often burrow in estuarine mud.

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microdesmidnoun(zoology) Any fish in the family Microdesmidae, the wormfishes and dartfishes.
sandfishnounAny of several marine fishes that burrow into sandy seabeds
dartfishnounAny fish of the subfamily Ptereleotrinae of the perciform (or gobiiform) family Microdesmidae.
moonfishnounAny of various flat, oval marine fish of numerous species in several families:
mudfishnounAny of many fish that frequent muddy water or burrow in mud, of numerous species, including:
boxfishnounAny of the family Ostraciidae of often colorful, squared, bony fishes.
weatherfishnounA loach of the genus Misgurnus
bottomfishnounAny fish that lives on or near the seabed
frogfishnounAny of several benthic anglerfish, of the family Antennariidae, having a frog-like mouth with a lure.
dogfishnounAny of various small sharks
sunfishnounAny of various large marine fishes of the family Molidae that have an oval compressed body.
mudwormnounAny species of worm that lives in mud, especially coastal mudflats.
chinafishnounAny of several fish of the family Ophicephalidae or of the genus Sebastodes
shorefishnounAny of several fishes which inhabit shallow waters
filefishnounAny fish of the family Monacanthidae, with very slender bodies.
ridgeheadnounAny of the family Melamphaidae of small, deep-sea stephanoberyciform fish.
tilefishnounAny of the mostly small, perciform marine fish in the family Malacanthidae; an important food fish.
mudminnownounAny member of the family Umbridae of ray-finned freshwater fish found in temperate regions across the Northern Hemisphere.
fishwormnounA worm used as bait in angling.
horsefishnounAny of several species of fish in the family Congiopodidae.

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