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Meaning of SQUAMIPEN

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Squam"i*pen\ (? or ?), n.;pl. {Squamipennes}. [L.
squama a scale + penna a fin: cf. F. squamipenne.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of a group of fishes having the dorsal and anal fins
partially covered with scales.
Note: They are compressed and mostly, bright-colored tropical
      fishes, belonging to {Ch[ae]todon} and allied genera.
      Many of them are called {soral fishes}, and {angel
      fishes}.
 
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