spoutfish

English

Etymology

From spout +‎ fish.

Noun

spoutfish (plural spoutfishes or spoutfish)

  1. Any of a number of marine animals that spout water; especially certain bivalve mollusks that squirt out water when retiring into their holes, for example, the thick shelled river mussel (Unio crassus).

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