Associations to the word «Soldierfish»

Wiktionary

SOLDIERFISH, noun. Any member of the subfamily Myripristinae of the family Holocentridae of ray-finned fish.

Dictionary definition

SOLDIERFISH, noun. The larger squirrelfishes.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats