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frostfishes

frostfishes is the plural of frostfish.

Meaning of frostfish

Noun

frostfish (plural frostfishes or frostfish)

  1. Microgadus proximus
    Synonyms:
    Pacific tomcod
  2. Microgadus tomcod
    Synonyms:
    Atlantic tomcod
  3. Any member of the genus Benthodesmus cutlassfish
  4. (US, dialectal, obsolete) A smelt.
  5. (New Zealand) A scabbardfish.
    • Another species of the renowned “frost fish,” but unlike the ordinary frost fish, it is of much greater length in proportion to depth. It well deserves its proper cognomen of the scabbard fish, its silver skin adding to the resemblance.1886, Robert Caldwell Reid, Rambles on the Golden Coast of New Zealand, Chapter 20

Questions about frostfishes

What is frostfishes the plural of?
Frostfishes is the plural of frostfish.

Words near frostfishes in the dictionary

  1. froster
  2. Frosterley
  3. frosters
  4. frostes
  5. frostfish
  6. frostfishes
  7. Frostian
  8. frostie
  9. frostier
  10. frostiest
  11. frostily

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