CONVICTFISH


Meaning of CONVICTFISH in English

/kon"vikt fish'/ , n. , pl. convictfishes , ( esp. collectively ) convictfish .

See painted greenling .

[ CONVICT + FISH, so called from the fancied resemblance of its stripes to a convict's uniform ]

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