baldchin groper

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English

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Etymology

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bald +‎ chin +‎ groper, because it looks like a baldhead from below.

Noun

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baldchin groper (plural baldchin gropers)

  1. A type of wrasse, Choerodon rubescens, endemic to the waters of Western Australia.

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