Usually means: Imaginary fish with quill-like spines.
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▸ noun:  Ptilichthys goodei, a long, eel-like perciform fish native to the north Pacific Ocean.

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skilfish, sailfish, wolf eel, surfperch, plaice, lingcod, monkeyface eel, quillback, greenling, ragfish, more...

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skilfish, sailfish, wolf eel, surfperch, plaice, lingcod, monkeyface eel, quillback, greenling, ragfish, more...



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