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flyfish

flyfish noun: sebastes ensifer (the name given in most sources,Sebastichthys rhodochloris, seems to be a synonym for this), a brightly-coloured scorpaenoid fish of California.

Noun

flyfish (plural flyfishes or flyfish)

  1. (obsolete) Sebastes ensifer (the name given in most sources,Sebastichthys rhodochloris, seems to be a synonym for this), a brightly-coloured scorpaenoid fish of California.

Forms of flyfish

pluralflyfishes
pluralflyfish

Origin of flyfish

From fly + fish?

Questions about flyfish

What does flyfish mean?
Flyfish means sebastes ensifer (the name given in most sources,Sebastichthys rhodochloris, seems to be a synonym for this), a brightly-coloured scorpaenoid fish of California.
What part of speech is flyfish?
Flyfish is a noun.
What is the plural of flyfish?
The plural of flyfish is flyfishes.

Words near flyfish in the dictionary

  1. flyers
  2. flyes
  3. flyest
  4. flyeth
  5. flyey
  6. flyfish
  7. flyfisher
  8. flyfisherman
  9. flyfishermen
  10. flyfishers
  11. flyfishes

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