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coalfish

coalfish noun: any of several blackish fish, especially Pollachius virens, a pollack, and Anoplopoma fimbria, sablefish.

coalfish: any of several blackish fish, especially Pollachius virens, a pollack, and Anoplopoma fimbria,...
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Noun

coalfish (plural coalfishes or coalfish)

  1. Any of several blackish fish, especially Pollachius virens, a pollack, and Anoplopoma fimbria, sablefish.

coalfish meaning in Tamil

coalfish in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

Forms of coalfish

pluralcoalfishes
pluralcoalfish
alternative formcoley

Origin of coalfish

From coal + fish.

Words formed from coalfish

  • coalfish whale

Questions about coalfish

What does coalfish mean?
Coalfish means any of several blackish fish, especially Pollachius virens, a pollack, and Anoplopoma fimbria, sablefish.
What is coalfish in Tamil?
Coalfish in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Coalfish meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is coalfish?
Coalfish is a noun.
What is the plural of coalfish?
The plural of coalfish is coalfishes.

Words near coalfish in the dictionary

  1. coalface
  2. coalfaces
  3. coalfield
  4. coalfields
  5. coalfired
  6. coalfish
  7. coalfishes
  8. Coalford
  9. Coalgate
  10. coalgebra
  11. coalgebraic

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