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Noun: deepwater squirrelfish
  1. A squirrelfish found from South Carolina to Bermuda and Gulf of Mexico
    "Divers occasionally encounter deepwater squirrelfish at greater depths";
    - Holocentrus bullisi
Noun: deepwater pipefish
  1. A fish 8 inches long; found from eastern Florida to western Caribbean
    "The deepwater pipefish was observed at depths of over 100 feet";
    - Cosmocampus profundus
Noun: deep water
Usage: informal
  1. Serious trouble
    "The company found itself in deep water after the financial scandal broke"
Adjective: deep-water  deep wo-tu(r)
  1. Of or carried on in waters of great depth
    "a deep-water port"

Derived forms: deep waters

See also: deep

Type of: ill, needlefish, pipefish, prob [informal], problem, squirrelfish, trouble

Part of: Cosmocampus, genus Cosmocampus, genus Holocentrus, Holocentrus

Encyclopedia: Deepwater squirrelfish

Deepwater pipefish

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