Noun: pearly razorfish
- A kind of razor fish
"Divers spotted a pearly razorfish buried in the sandy seafloor";
- Hemipteronatus novacula
- Any of several small wrasses with compressed sharp-edged heads of the West Indies and Mediterranean
"razor-fish can quickly bury themselves in sand to escape predators";
- razor fish
Derived forms: razor fish
Type of: wrasse
Part of: genus Hemipteronatus, Hemipteronatus
Encyclopedia: Pearly razorfish