sargassumfish

sargassumfish
/sahr gas"euhm fish'/, n., pl. sargassumfishes, (esp. collectively) sargassumfish.
an olive-brown and black frogfish, Histrio histrio, inhabiting tropical Atlantic and western Pacific seas among floating sargassum weed. Also called mousefish.
[1900-05; SARGASSUM + FISH]

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