Meaning & use
goatfish
A slender, bottom-dwelling fish with a pair of long chin barbels it uses to search the seafloor for food.
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Divers spotted a school of goatfish sifting through the sand for tiny crustaceans.
The market sold fresh goatfish alongside snapper and other reef species.
A note on using this word
The name comes from the fish's barbels, which resemble a goat's chin whiskers.
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