spoutfish

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Spout′fish′ (-fĭsh′), noun

Zoology A marine animal that spouts water; — applied especially to certain bivalve mollusks, like the long clams (Mya), which spout, or squirt out, water when retiring into their holes.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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