dragonfish
dragonfish noun: any of several long, slender fishes, of the family Stomiidae, that have a luminous barbel used to attract prey.
Noun
dragonfish (plural dragonfishes or dragonfish)
- Any of several long, slender fishes, of the family Stomiidae, that have a luminous barbel used to attract prey.
- Sculptured seamoth (Pegasus lancifer).
- Short dragonfish (Eurypegasus draconis).
- Gunther's boafish (Stomias affinis).
- Any member of the genus †Draconichthys of fossil fishes.
- Violet goby (Gobioides broussonnetii).
- Gray bichir Polypterus senegalus.
- Asian arowana (Scleropages formosus).
dragonfish meaning in Tamil
dragonfish in Tamil
- நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்
Forms of dragonfish
| plural | dragonfishes |
|---|---|
| plural | dragonfish |
Origin of dragonfish
From dragon + fish.
Words formed from dragonfish
- Antarctic dragonfish*
- arrow dragonfish
- Atlantic dragonfish
- Australian dragonfish
- banshee dragonfish
- barbate dragonfish
- barbeled dragonfish*
- barbless dragonfish
- bigbarb dragonfish
- blackbelly dragonfish
- black dragonfish
- boa dragonfish
- Brauer's dragonfish
- brightchin dragonfish
- broomfin dragonfish
- bulbless dragonfish
- common dragonfish
- Dannevig's dragonfish
- deepsea dragonfish
- dendrobium dragonfish
- fangtooth dragonfish
- fleshyfin dragonfish
- giant dragonfish
- graceful dragonfish
- grapevine dragonfish
- hiddenbulb dragonfish
- highfin dragonfish
- honeycomb dragonfish
- little dragonfish
- longbarb dragonfish
- longfin dragonfish
- long-tailed dragonfish (Pegasus volitans
- Mawson's dragonfish
- multi-thread dragonfish
- Noronha dragonfish
- obese dragonfish
- Parin's dragonfish
- Pawnee dragonfish
- proud dragonfish
- scaleless dragonfish*
- scaly dragonfish
- Schmidt's dragonfish
- sculptured dragonfish
- short dragonfish
- smalltooth dragonfish
- spothead dragonfish
- stamen dragonfish
- straightline dragonfish
- tentacle dragonfish
- threadfin dragonfish
- threelight dragonfish
- three-ray dragonfish
- three-tentacles dragonfish
- twinray dragonfish
- twinthread dragonfish
- Valdivia dragonfish
- Vitiaz dragonfish
- whitepen dragonfish
- winged dragonfish
- yellowstem dragonfish
Phrases with dragonfish
Questions about dragonfish
- What does dragonfish mean?
- Dragonfish means any of several long, slender fishes, of the family Stomiidae, that have a luminous barbel used to attract prey.
- What is dragonfish in Tamil?
- Dragonfish in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Dragonfish meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is dragonfish?
- Dragonfish is a noun.
- What is the plural of dragonfish?
- The plural of dragonfish is dragonfishes.
Words near dragonfish in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: dragonfish (page history and authors); dragonfish (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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