goat-fish
goat-fish noun: a sea goat (upper half goat, lower half fish).
Noun
goat-fish (plural goat-fish or goat-fishes)
- A sea goat (upper half goat, lower half fish).
- The Centaure, the horn'd goatfiſh Capricorne,
The ſnake-heard [sic] Gorgon, and fierce Sagittar.1634, Thomas Carew, Cœlum Britanicum. A masque at White-Hall in the Banquetting-House on Shrove-Tuesday-Night, the 18. of February 1633, London: John Walkley, page 9 - From this figuring Camões, in Os Lusiadas of 1572, called it the Semi-Capran Fish, as it is now with us the Goat-Fish and the Sea Goat.1899, Richard Hinckley Allen, Star-Names and their Meaning, New York: G.E. Stechert, page 138
- Synonyms:
- fish-goat
- The Centaure, the horn'd goatfiſh Capricorne,
goat-fish meaning in Tamil
goat-fish in Tamil
- நீளுருளை வடிவான சுவைமிக்க மீன்வகை
Synonyms of goat-fish
Forms of goat-fish
| plural | goat-fish |
|---|---|
| plural | goat-fishes |
Questions about goat-fish
- What does goat-fish mean?
- Goat-fish means a sea goat (upper half goat, lower half fish).
- What is goat-fish in Tamil?
- Goat-fish in Tamil is நீளுருளை வடிவான சுவைமிக்க மீன்வகை. See Goat-fish meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is goat-fish?
- Goat-fish is a noun.
- What is the plural of goat-fish?
- The plural of goat-fish is goat-fish.
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