basket fish
noun
Origin of basket fish
First recorded in 1745–55
Words nearby basket fish
basket cell,
basket chair,
basket clause,
basket dinner,
basket fern,
basket fish,
basket flower,
basket hilt,
basket maker,
basket star,
basket weave
Example sentences from the Web for basket fish
And so it remains to this day as the Governor of Connecticut first christened it, the Basket-fish.
Seaside Studies in Natural History |Elizabeth Cabot Cary AgassizThis very singular ophiuran is commonly called the basket-fish, from its resemblance to a basket when the tentacles are rolled up.
The Sea-beach at Ebb-tide |Augusta Foote Arnold