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Pronunciation : Squam"i*pen ( or )
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L. squama a scale + penna a fin: cf. F. squamipenne.] (Zo?l.)
Definition : Defn: Any one of a group of fishes having the dorsal and anal fins partially covered with scales.

Note: They are compressed and mostly, bright-colored tropical fishes, belonging to Ch?todon and allied genera. Many of them are called soral fishes, and angel fishes.

;pl. Squamipennes.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913