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gemfish

gemfish noun: a bottom-dwelling fish of the family Gempylidae, inhabiting deep waters off southern Australia.

gemfish: a bottom-dwelling fish of the family Gempylidae, inhabiting deep waters off southern Australia
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Noun

gemfish (plural gemfishes or gemfish)

  1. A bottom-dwelling fish of the family Gempylidae, inhabiting deep waters off southern Australia.

Forms of gemfish

pluralgemfishes
pluralgemfish

Origin of gemfish

From gem + fish.

Questions about gemfish

What does gemfish mean?
Gemfish means a bottom-dwelling fish of the family Gempylidae, inhabiting deep waters off southern Australia.
What part of speech is gemfish?
Gemfish is a noun.
What is the plural of gemfish?
The plural of gemfish is gemfishes.

Words near gemfish in the dictionary

  1. gemeprost
  2. gemerald
  3. gemeralds
  4. Gemert-Bakel
  5. gemfibrozil
  6. gemfish
  7. gemfishes
  8. gemichalcone
  9. gemifloxacin
  10. gemigliptin
  11. Gemima

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