KELPFISH

Etymology

Noun

kelpfish (plural kelpfishes or kelpfish)

A perciform fish in the family Chironemidae, native to coastal Australia and New Zealand.

Source: Wiktionary


Kelp"fish`, n. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A small California food fish (Heterostichus rostratus), living among kelp. The name is also applied to species of the genus Platyglossus.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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ROOTS

(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”


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