foxfish

English

Bodianus frenchii

Etymology

From fox +‎ fish.

Noun

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.