PEARLFISH - Definition

Pronunciation:		'purl`fish
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] found living within the alimentary canals of e.g. sea cucumbers or between the shells of pearl oysters in or near shallow seagrass beds

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	See Also:	Carapidae, family Carapidae, percoid, percoid fish, percoidean

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Pearl"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any fish whose scales yield a pearl-like pigment used in manufacturing artificial pearls, as the bleak, and whitebait.