Usually means: Rare, bottom-dwelling, walking fish species.
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  1. handfish: Merriam-Webster
  2. handfish: Wordnik
  3. handfish: Wiktionary
  4. Handfish, handfish: Dictionary.com
  5. Handfish: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. Handfish: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. handfish: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Handfish: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. handfish: FreeDictionary.org
  10. handfish: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (handfish)

▸ noun:  Any of the anglerfishes of the genus Brachionichthys, which can "walk" on the sea floor using their pectoral fins.

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brachionichthyid, footballfish, bottomfish, bandfish, anglerfish, assfish, batfish, shorefish, groundfish, sandfish, more...

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brachionichthyid, footballfish, bottomfish, bandfish, anglerfish, assfish, batfish, shorefish, groundfish, sandfish, more...

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