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hatchetfish

hatchetfish noun: any of several freshwater tropical fish of the family Gasteropelecidae.

hatchetfish: any of several freshwater tropical fish of the family Gasteropelecidae
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Noun

hatchetfish (plural hatchetfishes or hatchetfish)

  1. Any of several freshwater tropical fish of the family Gasteropelecidae
    Synonyms:
    sternoptychid, marine hatchetfish
  2. Any fish in the deep-sea stomiiform family Sternoptychidae

hatchetfish meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

hatchetfish in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

hatchetfish in Malayalam

fish belonging to Gasteropelecidae
മഴുവ maḻuva

Synonyms of hatchetfish

Forms of hatchetfish

pluralhatchetfishes
pluralhatchetfish

Origin of hatchetfish

From hatchet + fish.

Words formed from hatchetfish

Questions about hatchetfish

What does hatchetfish mean?
Hatchetfish means any of several freshwater tropical fish of the family Gasteropelecidae.
What is hatchetfish in Tamil?
Hatchetfish in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Hatchetfish meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hatchetfish?
Hatchetfish is a noun.
What is the plural of hatchetfish?
The plural of hatchetfish is hatchetfishes.

Words near hatchetfish in the dictionary

  1. hatchet-men
  2. hatchetation
  3. hatchetations
  4. hatcheted
  5. hatchetfaced
  6. hatchetfish
  7. hatchetfishes
  8. hatcheth
  9. hatcheting
  10. hatchetlike
  11. hatchetman

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