Soapfish

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Soapfish \Soap"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
     Any serranoid fish of the genus {Rhypticus}; -- so called
     from the soapy feeling of its skin.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  soapfish
       n : fishes with slimy mucus-covered skin; found in the warm
           Atlantic coastal waters of America