(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:51:44

Pearl"fish` (?), n. Zool.

Any fish whose scales yield a pearl-like pigment used in manufacturing artificial pearls, as the bleak, and whitebait.

 

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