- Squamipen
- Squamipen Squam"i*pen (skw[a^]m"[i^]*p[e^]n or
skw[=a]"m[i^]-), n.; pl. {Squamipennes} (-p[e^]n"n[=e]z). [L.
squama a scale + penna a fin: cf. F. squamipenne.] (Zo["o]l.)
Any one of a group of fishes having the dorsal and anal fins
partially covered with scales.
[1913 Webster]
Note: They are compressed and mostly, bright-colored tropical fishes, belonging to {Ch[ae]todon} and allied genera. Many of them are called {coral fishes}, and {angel fishes}. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.