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giant grenadier

giant grenadier noun: a very large species of rattail fish, Albatrossia pectoralis, found in the north Pacific from northern Japan to the Okhotsk and Bering Seas, east to the Gulf of Alaska, and south to northern Baja California in Mexico, with the usual greatly elongated, pointed tail of the rattails.

giant grenadier: a very large species of rattail fish, Albatrossia pectoralis, found in the north Pacific from...
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Noun

giant grenadier (plural giant grenadiers)

  1. A very large species of rattail fish, Albatrossia pectoralis, found in the north Pacific from northern Japan to the Okhotsk and Bering Seas, east to the Gulf of Alaska, and south to northern Baja California in Mexico, with the usual greatly elongated, pointed tail of the rattails.
    Synonyms:
    giant rattail

Synonyms of giant grenadier

Forms of giant grenadier

pluralgiant grenadiers

Questions about giant grenadier

What does giant grenadier mean?
Giant grenadier means a very large species of rattail fish, Albatrossia pectoralis, found in the north Pacific from northern Japan to the Okhotsk and Bering Seas, east to the Gulf of Alaska, and south to northern Baja California in Mexico, with the usual greatly elongated, pointed tail of the rattails.
What part of speech is giant grenadier?
Giant grenadier is a noun.
What is the plural of giant grenadier?
The plural of giant grenadier is giant grenadiers.

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