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noun
Any of many marine fish, of the family Opistognathidae, that have large mouths.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
small large-mouthed tropical marine fishes common along sandy bottoms; males brood egg balls in their mouths; popular aquarium fishes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: percoid fish, percoid, percoidean
History
From jaw + fish.
