Cryptic crossword clue
Main dish of fish, as doctors ordered 9

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word OSTRACODS

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Crossword Answer definitions

OSTRACODS noun
  1. Any of many small crustaceans, of the class Ostracoda, that resemble a shrimp enclosed in a bivalve shell.

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