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Webster 1913 Edition

Soapfish

Soap′fishˊ

,

Noun.

(Zool.)

Any serranoid fish of the genus

Rhypticus

; – so called from the soapy feeling of its skin.

Definition 2024

soapfish

soapfish

English

Noun

soapfish ‎(plural soapfishes or soapfish)

Any of several serranoid fish, of the genus Rypticus, that have a slimy mucus-covered skin.