harvestfish

harvestfish
/hahr"vist fish'/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) harvestfish, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) harvestfishes.
a butterfish of the genus Peprilus, esp. P. alepidotus of Atlantic waters.
[1805-15, Amer.; HARVEST + FISH]

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