English noun: pearlfish | |||
1. | pearlfish (animal) found living within the alimentary canals of e.g. sea cucumbers or between the shells of pearl oysters in or near shallow seagrass beds | ||
Synonyms | pearl-fish | ||
Broader (hypernym) | percoid, percoid fish, percoidean | ||
Member meronym | Carapidae, family Carapidae | ||