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featherback

featherback noun: any fish of the family Notopteridae.

Noun

featherback (plural featherbacks)

  1. Any fish of the family Notopteridae.
    Synonyms:
    knifefish

featherback meaning in Tamil, Assamese and Myanmar

featherback in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

featherback in Assamese

fish
কান্ধুলি kandhuli

featherback in Myanmar

fish
ငါးဖယ် nga:hpai

Synonyms of featherback

Forms of featherback

pluralfeatherbacks

Origin of featherback

From feather + back, from the small and narrow dorsal fin.

Words formed from featherback

Questions about featherback

What does featherback mean?
Featherback means any fish of the family Notopteridae.
What is featherback in Tamil?
Featherback in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Featherback meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is featherback?
Featherback is a noun.
What is the plural of featherback?
The plural of featherback is featherbacks.

Words near featherback in the dictionary

  1. feather-tailed gliders
  2. feather-tailed possum
  3. feather-tailed possums
  4. feather-veined
  5. featherable
  6. featherback
  7. featherbacks
  8. featherbed
  9. featherbedded
  10. featherbedding
  11. featherbeds

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Adapted from Wiktionary: featherback (page history and authors); featherback (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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