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flashlightfish

flashlightfish is the alternative form of flashlight fish.

Meaning of flashlight fish

Noun

flashlight fish (plural flashlight fishes or flashlight fish)

  1. Any of various fishes with large bioluminescent organs, mostly in family Anomalopidae.
    Synonyms:
    lanterneye fish

Forms of flashlightfish

pluralflashlightfishes
pluralflashlightfish

Questions about flashlightfish

What is flashlightfish the alternative form of?
Flashlightfish is the alternative form of flashlight fish.

Words near flashlightfish in the dictionary

  1. flashlets
  2. flashlight
  3. flashlight fish
  4. flashlight fishes
  5. flashlighted
  6. flashlightfish
  7. flashlightfishes
  8. flashlighting
  9. flashlights
  10. flashlike
  11. flashline

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