Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name of species of fishes of the genus Pterois found in the East Indies.
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Examples
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We took also a large number of giltheads, about one and a half inches long, tasting like dorys; and flying fire-fish like submarine swallows, which, in dark nights, light alternately the air and water with their phosphorescent light. {2 sentences missing here}
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But you see it isn't a real fire, but only a fire-fish.
Cinderella; or, The Little Glass Slipper and Other Stories Anonymous
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But alas, thrice alas, for the poor little fire-fish of the sea, whose radiance but reveals them to their foes, and lights the way to their destruction.
Mardi: and A Voyage Thither, Vol. I (of 2) Herman Melville 1855
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- perhaps when Indians are greedy, and eat too much fish, they may turn into fire-fish, and have to swim about forever under water, and never see a green forest again.
Cinderella; or, The Little Glass Slipper and Other Stories Anonymous
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But Mrs. Mermaid won't tell you that the fire-fish will not hurt you unless you hurt him first, in which case he will prick you dreadfully with his long, sharp spines.
Cinderella; or, The Little Glass Slipper and Other Stories Anonymous
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