giant kelpfish

noun

A species of clinid, Heterostichus rostratus.

Meanings

noungiant kelpfish (plural giant kelpfish)
  1. A species of clinid, Heterostichus rostratus.

    One of the most cleverly disguised in the giant kelpfish, an elongated and largely kelp-coloured fish that grows to about 60 centimetres (24 inches) in length.

    1991, Martha Holmes, Sea Trek, BBC Books, page 79
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