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goatfish
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun goatfish has 1 sense
- goatfish(n = noun.animal) mullus surmuletus, red mullet, surmullet - brightly colored tropical fishes with chin barbels; Array is a kind of mullet
is a member of genus mullus, mullus
has particulars: mullus auratus, red goatfish, mulloidichthys martinicus, yellow goatfish
CIDE DICTIONARY
goatfish, n.
A fish of the genus Upeneus , inhabiting the Gulf of Mexico. It is allied to the surmullet. [1913 Webster]
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