sea poker n 1: small slender fish (to 8 inches) with body covered by bony plates; chiefly of deeper northern Pacific waters [syn: {poacher}, {sea poacher}, {sea poker}]
Sea poacher \Sea" poach"er\ (s[=e]" p[=o]ch"[~e]r). Sea poker \Sea" pok"er\ (s[=e]" p[=o]k"[~e]r). (Zool.) The lyrie. [1913 Webster]