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Word: pipefish (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...bottom were brought glass sponges (similar to ordinary sponges but with fine glass skeletons) and volcanic rock. A traveling net was likewise used, attached to the cable at varying depths. This brought up a number of large-mouthed fishes (i.e., mouths huge as compared to bodies), a male pipefish with a brood pouch full of eggs, giant red shrimps, several octopi, fish with eyes on the end of stalks and a rare specimen, believed to be hitherto undescribed-a fish with scales resembling hair or feathers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Beebe Fishing | 3/16/1925 | See Source »

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