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handfishes

handfishes is the plural of handfish.

Meaning of handfish

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

Questions about handfishes

What is handfishes the plural of?
Handfishes is the plural of handfish.

Words near handfishes in the dictionary

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

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