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WRECKFISH
Etymology
Noun
wreckfish (plural wreckfishes or wreckfish)
Any of the perciform marine fish of the family Polyprionidae, often inhabiting caves and shipwrecks.
Source: Wiktionary
Wreck"fish`, n. Etym: [So called because it often comes in with wreckage.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A stone bass.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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18 May 2025
OBLIQUE
(adjective) slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; “the oblique rays of the winter sun”; “acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles”; “the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base”
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