onion fish

English

Etymology

Referring to its large eyes.

Noun

onion fish (plural onion fishes)

(obsolete, dialect) A fish, the grenadier.

References

“onion”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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