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jawfish

jawfish noun: any of many marine fish, of the family Opistognathidae, that have large mouths.

jawfish: any of many marine fish, of the family Opistognathidae, that have large mouths
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Noun

jawfish (plural jawfishes or jawfish)

  1. Any of many marine fish, of the family Opistognathidae, that have large mouths.

jawfish meaning in Tamil

jawfish in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

Forms of jawfish

pluraljawfishes
pluraljawfish

Origin of jawfish

From jaw + fish.

Questions about jawfish

What does jawfish mean?
Jawfish means any of many marine fish, of the family Opistognathidae, that have large mouths.
What is jawfish in Tamil?
Jawfish in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Jawfish meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is jawfish?
Jawfish is a noun.
What is the plural of jawfish?
The plural of jawfish is jawfishes.

Words near jawfish in the dictionary

  1. jawellnofine
  2. jawfall
  3. jawfallen
  4. jawfaln
  5. jawfeet
  6. jawfish
  7. jawfishes
  8. jawfoot
  9. jawhole
  10. jawholes
  11. Jawi

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