noun
a cardinalfish found in tropical Atlantic coastal waters
• Syn: ↑flame fish, ↑Apogon maculatus
• Hypernyms: ↑cardinalfish
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/flaym"fish'/, n., pl. flamefishes, (esp. collec-tively) flamefish.
a cardinalfish, Apogon maculatus, of Atlantic coastal waters from Florida to Brazil.
[FLAME + FISH]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.