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Noun: trumpetfish  'trúm-pit,fish
  1. Tropical Atlantic fish with a long snout; swims snout down
    "The trumpetfish hovered vertically, its long snout pointing towards the seafloor";
    - Aulostomus maculatus

Derived forms: trumpetfishes

Type of: teleost, teleost fish, teleostan

Part of: Aulostomus, genus Aulostomus

Encyclopedia: Trumpetfish