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Noun: armored searobin
Usage: US (elsewhere: armoured sea robin)
  1. Sea robins having bony scutes on the body and barbels on the chin; found mostly on the continental slope
    "Researchers observed armored searobins at depths of 200 meters";
    - armored sea robin [US], Peristedion miniatum, armoured sea robin [Brit, Cdn]

Derived forms: armored searobins, armored sea robins

Type of: sea robin, searobin

Part of: genus Peristedion, Peristedion

Encyclopedia: Armored searobin