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button fish

button fish noun: a sea urchin.

Noun

button fish (plural button fishes or button fish)

  1. A sea urchin.

Forms of button fish

pluralbutton fishes
pluralbutton fish
alternative formbutton-fish

Origin of button fish

From button + fish.

Questions about button fish

What does button fish mean?
Button fish means a sea urchin.
What part of speech is button fish?
Button fish is a noun.
What is the plural of button fish?
The plural of button fish is button fishes.

Words near button fish in the dictionary

  1. button cells
  2. button day
  3. button days
  4. button ear
  5. button ears
  6. button fish
  7. button fishes
  8. button grass
  9. button hole
  10. button holes
  11. button it

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