Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SER'PENT-FISH
SER'PENT-EAT-ERSER-PENT'I-FORM
SER'PENT-FISH, n.
A fish resembling a snake, but of a red color. – Dict. Nat. Hist. [Qu. Cepola tænia or rubescens, Linn., the band-fish, Fr. ruban.]
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