butterfish
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.
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