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goat-fishes

goat-fishes is the plural of goat-fish.

Meaning of goat-fish

Noun

goat-fish (plural goat-fish or goat-fishes)

  1. 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
    Synonyms:
    fish-goat

Questions about goat-fishes

What is goat-fishes the plural of?
Goat-fishes is the plural of goat-fish.

Words near goat-fishes in the dictionary

  1. goat's-milk cheese
  2. goat's-milk cheeses
  3. goat-antelope
  4. goat-antelopes
  5. goat-fish
  6. goat-fishes
  7. goat-rope
  8. goat-ropes
  9. goat-sucker
  10. goat-suckers
  11. goat-water

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