"alligatorfish" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: alligatorfishes [plural], alligatorfish [plural]
Etymology: alligator + fish Etymology templates: {{compound|en|alligator|fish}} alligator + fish Head templates: {{en-noun|+|alligatorfish}} alligatorfish (plural alligatorfishes or alligatorfish)
  1. a bottom-dwelling marine fish of species Aspidophoroides monopterygius, family Agonidae, which is found along the coasts of the northwestern Atlantic. Wikipedia link: alligatorfish Categories (lifeform): Scorpaeniform fish Synonyms: Aleutian alligator fish, Atlantic alligatorfish, alligator fish
    Sense id: en-alligatorfish-en-noun-d2zwCwa9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup

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