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cotton fish

cotton fish noun: a milkfish.

Noun

cotton fish (plural cotton fishes or cotton fish)

  1. A milkfish.

Forms of cotton fish

pluralcotton fishes
pluralcotton fish
alternative formcotton-fish

Origin of cotton fish

From cotton + fish.

Questions about cotton fish

What does cotton fish mean?
Cotton fish means a milkfish.
What part of speech is cotton fish?
Cotton fish is a noun.
What is the plural of cotton fish?
The plural of cotton fish is cotton fishes.

Words near cotton fish in the dictionary

  1. cotton ceilings
  2. Cotton County
  3. Cotton effect
  4. Cotton effects
  5. cotton fever
  6. cotton fish
  7. cotton fishes
  8. cotton fleahopper
  9. cotton fleahoppers
  10. cotton gin
  11. cotton gins

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