simenchelys parasiticus

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simenchelys parasiticus - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Pug nose \Pug" nose`\
     A short, thick nose; a snubnose. -- Pug"-nosed`, a.
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     Pug-nose eel (Zool.), a deep-water marine eel (Simenchelys  parasiticus
        ) which sometimes burrows into the flesh of
        the halibut.
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