| Pronunciation: | | 'purl`fish
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[n] found living within the alimentary canals of e.g. sea cucumbers or between the shells of pearl oysters in or near shallow seagrass beds |
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PEARLFISH is a 9 letter word that starts with P. |
| | See Also: | | Carapidae, family Carapidae, percoid, percoid fish, percoidean |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Pearl"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any fish whose scales yield a pearl-like pigment used in
manufacturing artificial pearls, as the bleak, and whitebait.
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