trumpetfish

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noun

Any of the fish in the family Aulostomidae family of tube-shaped fish.

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Aulostomus maculatus
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Meanings

nountrumpetfish (plural trumpetfish or trumpetfishes)

plural trumpetfishes

  1. Any of the fish in the family Aulostomidae family of tube-shaped fish.
    1. especially Aulostomus maculatus.
  2. A longspine snipefish, Macroramphosus scolopax.

Synonyms & antonyms

nountropical Atlantic fish with a long snout; swims snout down

Similar
Aulostomus maculatus
Broader
teleost fishteleostteleostan
Also see
longspine snipefish

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From trumpet + fish.

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APA

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Chicago

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