razorfish

razorfish
/ray"zeuhr fish'/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) razorfish, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) razorfishes.
any of several wrasses of the genus Hemipteronatus having a compressed, sharp-edged head, as H. novacula (pearly razorfish), of the West Indies and the Mediterranean Sea.
[1595-1605; RAZOR + FISH]

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