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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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| Word | Definition |
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| microdesmidnoun | (zoology) Any fish in the family Microdesmidae, the wormfishes and dartfishes. |
| sandfishnoun | Any of several marine fishes that burrow into sandy seabeds |
| dartfishnoun | Any fish of the subfamily Ptereleotrinae of the perciform (or gobiiform) family Microdesmidae. |
| moonfishnoun | Any of various flat, oval marine fish of numerous species in several families: |
| mudfishnoun | Any of many fish that frequent muddy water or burrow in mud, of numerous species, including: |
| boxfishnoun | Any of the family Ostraciidae of often colorful, squared, bony fishes. |
| weatherfishnoun | A loach of the genus Misgurnus |
| bottomfishnoun | Any fish that lives on or near the seabed |
| frogfishnoun | Any of several benthic anglerfish, of the family Antennariidae, having a frog-like mouth with a lure. |
| dogfishnoun | Any of various small sharks |
| sunfishnoun | Any of various large marine fishes of the family Molidae that have an oval compressed body. |
| mudwormnoun | Any species of worm that lives in mud, especially coastal mudflats. |
| chinafishnoun | Any of several fish of the family Ophicephalidae or of the genus Sebastodes |
| shorefishnoun | Any of several fishes which inhabit shallow waters |
| filefishnoun | Any fish of the family Monacanthidae, with very slender bodies. |
| ridgeheadnoun | Any of the family Melamphaidae of small, deep-sea stephanoberyciform fish. |
| tilefishnoun | Any of the mostly small, perciform marine fish in the family Malacanthidae; an important food fish. |
| mudminnownoun | Any member of the family Umbridae of ray-finned freshwater fish found in temperate regions across the Northern Hemisphere. |
| fishwormnoun | A worm used as bait in angling. |
| horsefishnoun | Any of several species of fish in the family Congiopodidae. |
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