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psychedelic frogfish

psychedelic frogfish noun: a species of frogfish, Histiophryne psychedelica, with a yellow-brown or peach colour, together with pink and white stripes arranged in a fingerprint pattern, living in the waters near Ambon Island and Bali, Indonesia.

psychedelic frogfish: a species of frogfish, Histiophryne psychedelica, with a yellow-brown or peach colour, together...
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Noun

psychedelic frogfish (plural psychedelic frogfishes or psychedelic frogfish)

  1. A species of frogfish, Histiophryne psychedelica, with a yellow-brown or peach colour, together with pink and white stripes arranged in a fingerprint pattern, living in the waters near Ambon Island and Bali, Indonesia.

Forms of psychedelic frogfish

pluralpsychedelic frogfishes
pluralpsychedelic frogfish

Origin of psychedelic frogfish

First described as having "a remarkable pigment pattern of white swirling stripes", hence the use of the term psychedelic.

Questions about psychedelic frogfish

What does psychedelic frogfish mean?
Psychedelic frogfish means a species of frogfish, Histiophryne psychedelica, with a yellow-brown or peach colour, together with pink and white stripes arranged in a fingerprint pattern, living in the waters near Ambon Island and Bali, Indonesia.
What part of speech is psychedelic frogfish?
Psychedelic frogfish is a noun.
What is the plural of psychedelic frogfish?
The plural of psychedelic frogfish is psychedelic frogfishes.

Words near psychedelic frogfish in the dictionary

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  3. psychedelic crises
  4. psychedelic crisis
  5. psychedelic folk
  6. psychedelic frogfish
  7. psychedelic frogfishes
  8. psychedelic mushroom
  9. psychedelic mushrooms
  10. psychedelic rock
  11. psychedelic soul

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