SOAPFISH - Definition

Pronunciation:		'sowp`fish
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] fishes with slimy mucus-covered skin; found in warm American Atlantic coastal waters

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	See Also:	genus Rypticus, Rypticus, serranid, serranid fish

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Soap"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any serranoid fish of the genus {Rhypticus}; -- so called from the soapy feeling of its skin.