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icefish

The English word “icefish” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. Any member of notothenioid family Channichthyidae; these Antarctic fishes are named for the lack of hemoglobin in their blood
  2. The noodlefish (family Salangidae in order Osmeriformes).

Etymology

From ice + fish.

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