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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SOAPFISH

SOAPFISH Soap "fish `, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any serranoid fish of the genus Rhypticus; -- so called from the soapy feeling of its skin.

New American Oxford Dictionary

soapfish

soap fish |ˈsōpˌfiSH ˈsoʊpˌfɪʃ | ▶noun ( pl. same or soapfishes ) a stout-bodied fish of tropical seas that produces large amounts of toxic mucus from the skin, giving it a soapy feel when handled. [Family Grammistidae, several genera and species. ]

Oxford Dictionary

soapfish

soap |fish ▶noun ( pl. same or soapfishes ) a stout-bodied fish of tropical seas which produces large amounts of toxic mucus from the skin, giving it a soapy feel when handled. ●Family Grammistidae, several genera and species.