Squamipen

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

  Squamipen \Squam"i*pen\ (skw[a^]m"[i^]*p[e^]n or
     skw[=a]"m[i^]-), n.; pl. {Squamipennes} (-p[e^]n"n[=e]z). [L.
     squama a scale + penna a fin: cf. F. squamipenne.] (Zool.)
     Any one of a group of fishes having the dorsal and anal fins
     partially covered with scales.
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     Note: They are compressed and mostly, bright-colored tropical
           fishes, belonging to {Chaetodon} and allied genera.
           Many of them are called {coral fishes}, and {angel
           fishes}.
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