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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

KELPFISH

KELPFISH Kelp "fish `, n. (Zoöl.)

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

New American Oxford Dictionary

kelpfish

kelp fish |ˈkelpˌfiSH ˈkɛlpˌfɪʃ | ▶noun ( pl. same or kelpfishes ) any of a number of fish that live among kelp or other marine algae, in particular: [● a small fish with the dorsal fin running the length of the body, of the Pacific coast of North America (Gibbonsia and other genera, family Clinidae ). ● an Australian fish that lives among seagrass and algae (family Chironemidae: several genera ).]

Oxford Dictionary

kelpfish

kelp |fish ▶noun ( pl. same or kelpfishes ) any of a number of fish that live among kelp or other marine algae, in particular: ● a small fish with the dorsal fin running the length of the body, of the Pacific coast of North America (Gibbonsia and other genera, family Clinidae ). ● an Australian fish which lives among seagrass and algae (family Chironemidae: several genera ).