peacock fish
/ˈpiːkɒk ˌfɪʃ/noun
Any of various fishes with brilliant colours or markings, including the cuckoo wrasse, Labrus mixtus, and the peacock bass, Cichla ocellaris; (also) any of various fishes with conspicuous fan-shaped fins or tails, including the guppy, Poecilia reticulata, and tropical fishes of the genus Pterois (family Scorpaenidae).
Origin
Mid 17th century; earliest use found in Robert Lovell (?1630–1690), naturalist. From peacock + fish.
- scale pan
- scaler
- scale something back/down (or up)
- scale worm
- Scalia, Antonin
- Scaliger, Joseph Justus
- Scaliger, Julius Caesar
- scaliness
- scaling ladder
- scallion
- scallop
- scalloper
- scallop shell
- scally
- scallywag
- scaloppine
- scalp
- scalpel
- scalper
- scalpless
- scalp lock
- scaly
- scaly anteater
- scalyfoot
- scaly-tailed squirrel