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beakfish

beakfish noun: any of certain fishes of the family Oplegnathidae.

Noun

beakfish (plural beakfishes or beakfish)

  1. Any of certain fishes of the family Oplegnathidae.
    • Oplegnathus fasciatus is the striped beakfish; Oplegnathus insignis is the Pacific beakfish.

Forms of beakfish

pluralbeakfishes
pluralbeakfish

Origin of beakfish

From beak + fish.

Words formed from beakfish

Questions about beakfish

What does beakfish mean?
Beakfish means any of certain fishes of the family Oplegnathidae.
What part of speech is beakfish?
Beakfish is a noun.
What is the plural of beakfish?
The plural of beakfish is beakfishes.

Words near beakfish in the dictionary

  1. beakerful
  2. beakerfuls
  3. beakers
  4. beakersful
  5. beakes
  6. beakfish
  7. beakfishes
  8. beakful
  9. beakfuls
  10. beakhead
  11. beakheads

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