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squamipen
CIDE DICTIONARY
squamipen, n. [L. squama a scale + penna a fin: cf. F. squamipenne.].
Any one of a group of fishes having the dorsal and anal fins partially covered with scales. [1913 Webster]
" They are compressed and mostly, bright-colored tropical fishes, belonging to Chætodon and allied genera. Many of them are called coral fishes , and angel fishes ."
[1913 Webster]
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