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butterfishes

butterfishes is the plural of butterfish.

Meaning of butterfish

Noun

butterfish (plural butterfish or butterfishes)

  1. Perciform fish of the family Stromateidae, including the genera Pampus, Peprilus and Stromateus.
  2. A rock gunnel, Pholis gunnellus, an eel-like fish found in the intertidal and subtidal zones of the North Atlantic.
  3. The New Zealand fish Odax pullus, also known as greenbone.
  4. (obsolete) The Murray perch, Oligorus mitchelli; an Australian perciform fish of Murray river, now known as trout cod, Maccullochella macquariensis http://www.fishbase.org/Nomenclature/SynonymsList.php?ID=6308&SynCode=26048&GenusName=Maccullochella&SpeciesName=macquariensis, http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Maccullochella-macquariensis.html.
  5. (informal) A sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria).

Questions about butterfishes

What is butterfishes the plural of?
Butterfishes is the plural of butterfish.

Words near butterfishes in the dictionary

  1. butterfin
  2. butterfinger
  3. butterfingered
  4. butterfingers
  5. butterfish
  6. butterfishes
  7. butterflied
  8. butterflier
  9. butterfliers
  10. butterflies
  11. butterflies upon a wheel

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