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handfish

handfish noun: any of the anglerfishes of the family Brachionichthyidae, which can "walk" on the sea floor using their pectoral fins.

handfish: any of the anglerfishes of the family Brachionichthyidae, which can "walk" on the sea floor using...
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Noun

handfish (plural handfish or handfishes)

  1. Any of the anglerfishes of the family Brachionichthyidae, which can "walk" on the sea floor using their pectoral fins.
    • An astonishing exception, however, is a single fossil of a handfish, so-named because they ʻwalkʼ on fin-like hands.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 69

handfish meaning in Tamil

handfish in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

Forms of handfish

pluralhandfish
pluralhandfishes

Origin of handfish

From hand + fish.

Words formed from handfish

Questions about handfish

What does handfish mean?
Handfish means any of the anglerfishes of the family Brachionichthyidae, which can "walk" on the sea floor using their pectoral fins.
What is handfish in Tamil?
Handfish in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Handfish meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is handfish?
Handfish is a noun.
What is the plural of handfish?
The plural of handfish is handfish.

Words near handfish in the dictionary

  1. handfeeds
  2. handfeel
  3. handfight
  4. handfighting
  5. handfights
  6. handfish
  7. handfishes
  8. handflag
  9. handflags
  10. handflare
  11. handflower

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Adapted from Wiktionary: handfish (page history and authors); handfish (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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