Quillfish
[kwil-fish] /ˈkwɪlˌfɪʃ/
noun, plural quillfishes (especially collectively) quillfish.
1.
a , Ptilichthys goodei, of the Bering Sea, having an eellike body with long, many-rayed fins.
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