queenfish

queenfish
/kween"fish'/, n., pl. queenfishes, (esp. collectively) queenfish.
a silvery and bluish drum, Seriphus politus, inhabiting shallow waters along the coast of California.
[1880-85, Amer.; QUEEN + FISH]

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