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squirrelfish

n. Any member of the subfamily ''(taxlink Holocentrinae subfamily noshow=1)'' of the family ''(taxlink Holocentridae family noshow=1)'' of ray-finned fish.

WordNet
squirrelfish
  1. n. similar to sea bream; small spiny-finned fish found in bays along the southeastern coast of the United States [syn: pinfish, sailor's-choice, Lagodon rhomboides]

  2. very small brightly colored (especially red) nocturnal fishes of shallow waters of tropical reefs; they make sounds like a squirrel's bark

  3. [also: squirrelfishes (pl)]

Wikipedia
Squirrelfish (disambiguation)

Squirrelfish may refer to:

  • Squirrelfish or Holocentridae, a family of ray-finned fish
  • SquirrelFish, a Javascript engine being developed by the Webkit project

Usage examples of "squirrelfish".

Padstow, Cornwall This book is printed on acid-free paper I Lahaina, Maui, 1854 The warm, coarse beach sand was the odd pinkish color of the squirrelfish, the ocean as deep an aqua as the bluefin trevally.

Tiny demoiselles fluttered around them, and a pair of red squirrelfish watched from the shelter of a purple coral fan.