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Pearlfish

Pearlfish Meaning & Definition
Pearlfish Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Pearlfish?

[n] found living within the alimentary canals of e.g. sea cucumbers or between the shells of pearl oysters in or near shallow seagrass beds

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See Also | Carapidae | family Carapidae | percoid | percoid fish | percoidean

Pearlfish In Webster's Dictionary

\Pearl"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any fish whose scales yield a pearl-like pigment used in manufacturing artificial pearls, as the bleak, and whitebait.

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