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butterfish Definition

but·ter·fish (-fis̸h′)

noun pl. -·fish′, -·fish′es

any of various fishes (esp. family Stromateidae) with a slippery, protective covering of mucus, as a gunnel

butterfish Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • slippery: Catching hermit crabs, watching bright red sticky beadlet anemones catch a passing shrimp, watching the slippery butterfish vanish beneath a rock.