Definitions

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  • noun Any fish of the genus Naso.
  • noun The fish Eumecichthys fiski, the unicorn crestfish.
  • noun The fish Caelorinchus productus, the unicorn grenadier.
  • noun The scrawled filefish, Aluterus scriptus.

Etymologies

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unicorn +‎ fish

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  • The large (up to 600 micrometers) bacteria Epulopiscium, found in the gut of the unicornfish, carries up to 200,000 copies of its genome, far more than is found in any other organism.

    Archive 2008-05-01 2008

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