Associations to the word «Squirrelfish»

Wiktionary

SQUIRRELFISH, noun. Any member of the subfamily Holocentrinae of the family Holocentridae of ray-finned fish.

Dictionary definition

SQUIRRELFISH, noun. Similar to sea bream; small spiny-finned fish found in bays along the southeastern coast of the United States.
SQUIRRELFISH, noun. Very small, brightly colored (especially red) nocturnal fishes of shallow waters or tropical reefs; they make sounds like a squirrel's bark.

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