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frostfish

noun

Definition of frostfish

1 : tomcod sense 1a
2 : smelt sense 1a(1)
3a : any of a genus (Benthodesmus) of cutlass fish having a small, forked caudal fin and a spiny dorsal fin with numerous rays
b : silver scabbard fish

First Known Use of frostfish

1634, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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