singingfish

singingfish
/sing"ing fish'/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) singingfish, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) singingfishes.
midshipman (def. 3).
[1880-85, Amer.; SINGING + FISH; so called because of the humming sound it produces with its air bladder]

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