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bottom-dweller

Definitions of bottom-dweller
  1. noun
    a fish that lives and feeds on the bottom of a body of water
    synonyms: bottom-feeder
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    types:
    mullet
    bottom dwelling marine warm water fishes with two barbels on the chin
    Mullus surmuletus, goatfish, red mullet, surmullet
    brightly colored tropical fishes with chin barbels
    type of:
    fish
    any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills
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