Bellows Fish (Noun)
Meaning
Small bottom-dwelling fish of warm seas having a compressed body and a long snout with a toothless mouth.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Marine biologists spent years studying the behavior of the rare bellows fish in the warm waters of the Pacific Ocean.
- A scuba diver was thrilled to catch a glimpse of the colorful bellows fish swimming near a coral reef.
- Bellows fish often congregate near shipwrecks where food is abundant and predators are scarce.
- Research suggests that bellows fish may have adapted their toothless mouths to filter feed on small invertebrates.
- While exploring a marine reserve, a group of snorkelers came across a school of bellows fish gliding effortlessly above the sandy bottom.