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blobfish

blobfish noun: psychrolutes marcidus, a fish that inhabits the deep waters off the coasts of the Australian mainland and Tasmania.

blobfish: psychrolutes marcidus, a fish that inhabits the deep waters off the coasts of the Australian...
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Noun

blobfish (plural blobfishes or blobfish)

  1. Psychrolutes marcidus, a fish that inhabits the deep waters off the coasts of the Australian mainland and Tasmania.

Forms of blobfish

pluralblobfishes
pluralblobfish

Origin of blobfish

From blob + fish, from its shape.

Questions about blobfish

What does blobfish mean?
Blobfish means psychrolutes marcidus, a fish that inhabits the deep waters off the coasts of the Australian mainland and Tasmania.
What part of speech is blobfish?
Blobfish is a noun.
What is the plural of blobfish?
The plural of blobfish is blobfishes.

Words near blobfish in the dictionary

  1. blobbing out
  2. blobby
  3. Blobbygate
  4. Blobbymania
  5. blobface
  6. blobfish
  7. blobfishes
  8. blobfishs
  9. blobism
  10. blobitecture
  11. blobject

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