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hawkfish

hawkfish noun: any of various tropical, perciform marine fish of the family Cirrhitidae, found around the coral reefs of the western and eastern Atlantic and Indo-Pacific.

hawkfish: any of various tropical, perciform marine fish of the family Cirrhitidae, found around the coral...
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Noun

hawkfish (plural hawkfish or hawkfishes)

  1. Any of various tropical, perciform marine fish of the family Cirrhitidae, found around the coral reefs of the western and eastern Atlantic and Indo-Pacific.

hawkfish meaning in Tamil

hawkfish in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

Forms of hawkfish

pluralhawkfish
pluralhawkfishes

Words formed from hawkfish

  • arc-eye hawkfish
  • black-sided hawkfish
  • coral hawkfish
  • dwarf hawkfish
  • Forster's hawkfish
  • long-nose hawkfish
  • spotted hawkfish

Questions about hawkfish

What does hawkfish mean?
Hawkfish means any of various tropical, perciform marine fish of the family Cirrhitidae, found around the coral reefs of the western and eastern Atlantic and Indo-Pacific.
What is hawkfish in Tamil?
Hawkfish in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Hawkfish meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hawkfish?
Hawkfish is a noun.
What is the plural of hawkfish?
The plural of hawkfish is hawkfish.

Words near hawkfish in the dictionary

  1. Hawkeye State
  2. hawkeyed
  3. hawkeyes
  4. hawkeys
  5. hawkfaced
  6. hawkfish
  7. hawkfishes
  8. Hawkhead
  9. Hawkhurst
  10. hawkie
  11. hawkies

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