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单词 trumpetfish
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trumpetfish in American English

(ˈtrʌmpɪtˌfɪʃ)
nounWord forms: plural esp collectively -fish, esp referring to two or more kinds or species -fishes
any of several fishes of the family Aulostomidae, having a long, tubular snout, as the slender, brown-flecked Aulostomus maculatus, inhabiting waters on both sides of the tropical Atlantic Ocean, having the habit of orienting vertically in the water and capturing its prey from that position
Word origin
[1660–70; trumpet + fish]

Examples of 'trumpetfish' in a sentence
trumpetfish

With no industry for 100 miles in any direction, the warm water heaves with bream, trumpetfish and other undersea life.
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