foxfish

Englisch

Bodianus frenchii

Etymology

fox +‎ fish

Nomen

foxfish (plural foxfish)

1. A fox shark or sea fox.
2. A common dragonet (Callionymus lyra), of European waters.
3. An Australian fish, Bodianus frenchii, and related species.
4. Certain species in the genus Siganus with distinctive black stripes on the face.

References

• “foxfish”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.