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greenling

greenling noun: any of various food fishes, of the family Hexagrammidae, of the northern Pacific.

greenling: any of various food fishes, of the family Hexagrammidae, of the northern Pacific
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Noun

greenling (plural greenlings)

  1. Any of various food fishes, of the family Hexagrammidae, of the northern Pacific

greenling meaning in Tamil

greenling in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

Forms of greenling

pluralgreenlings

Origin of greenling

From green + -ling.

Words formed from greenling

Questions about greenling

What does greenling mean?
Greenling means any of various food fishes, of the family Hexagrammidae, of the northern Pacific.
What is greenling in Tamil?
Greenling in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Greenling meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is greenling?
Greenling is a noun.
What is the plural of greenling?
The plural of greenling is greenlings.

Words near greenling in the dictionary

  1. greenlined
  2. greenliner
  3. greenliners
  4. greenlines
  5. greenliness
  6. greenling
  7. greenlings
  8. greenlining
  9. greenlit
  10. Greenloaning
  11. greenly

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: greenling (page history and authors); greenling (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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