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doomsday fishes

doomsday fishes is the plural of doomsday fish.

Meaning of doomsday fish

Noun

doomsday fish (plural doomsday fishes)

  1. (informal) Synonym of oarfish.
    • Roughly 10ft-long specimen discovered on Encinitas beach shortly after August spotting of the ‘doomsday fish’[.]2024 November 15, Dani Anguiano, “Second oarfish, mythical harbinger of doom, found washed up in California”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
    Synonyms:
    oarfish

Questions about doomsday fishes

What is doomsday fishes the plural of?
Doomsday fishes is the plural of doomsday fish.

Words near doomsday fishes in the dictionary

  1. doomsday device
  2. doomsday devices
  3. doomsday event
  4. doomsday events
  5. doomsday fish
  6. doomsday fishes
  7. Doomsday Glacier
  8. doomsday method
  9. doomsday plane
  10. doomsday planes
  11. doomsday rule

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