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headfish

headfish noun: the sunfish (of family Molidae).

Noun

headfish (plural headfishes or headfish)

  1. The sunfish (of family Molidae).

Forms of headfish

pluralheadfishes
pluralheadfish

Origin of headfish

From head + fish.

Questions about headfish

What does headfish mean?
Headfish means the sunfish (of family Molidae).
What part of speech is headfish?
Headfish is a noun.
What is the plural of headfish?
The plural of headfish is headfishes.

Words near headfish in the dictionary

  1. headfast
  2. headfasts
  3. headfire
  4. headfires
  5. headfirst
  6. headfish
  7. headfishes
  8. headfit
  9. headfits
  10. headflip
  11. headflips

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