wrymouth

wrymouth
/ruy"mowth'/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) wrymouth, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) wrymouths /-mowdhz'/.
1. any blennioid fish of the family Stichaeidae, having a large, upturned mouth, esp. Cryptacanthodes maculatus, a bottom fish of the Atlantic Ocean.
2. any of several related fishes. Also called ghostfish.
[1645-55; WRY + MOUTH]

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