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ladyfish

ladyfish noun: a coastal dwelling fish (Elops saurus), found throughout the tropical and sub-tropical regions.

ladyfish: a coastal dwelling fish (Elops saurus), found throughout the tropical and sub-tropical regions
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Noun

ladyfish (plural ladyfishes or ladyfish)

  1. A coastal dwelling fish (Elops saurus), found throughout the tropical and sub-tropical regions.
    • Eventually we yielded to the urge to catch something — anything — so we sought out a channel where we boated seatrout, ladyfish and one lizard fish.2008 March 5, Norm Zeigler, “Seeking Florida Redfish, Catching Only Glimpses”, in New York Times
    Synonyms:
    tenpounder
  2. Spanish hogfish (Bodianus rufus)
  3. Albula vulpes, one of the fish called bonefish.

ladyfish meaning in Tamil

ladyfish in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

Synonyms of ladyfish

Forms of ladyfish

pluralladyfishes
pluralladyfish

Origin of ladyfish

From lady + fish.

Questions about ladyfish

What does ladyfish mean?
Ladyfish means a coastal dwelling fish (Elops saurus), found throughout the tropical and sub-tropical regions.
What is ladyfish in Tamil?
Ladyfish in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Ladyfish meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ladyfish?
Ladyfish is a noun.
What is the plural of ladyfish?
The plural of ladyfish is ladyfishes.

Words near ladyfish in the dictionary

  1. ladyfinger
  2. ladyfinger cacti
  3. ladyfinger cactus
  4. ladyfinger cactuses
  5. ladyfingers
  6. ladyfish
  7. ladyfishes
  8. ladyfolk
  9. ladyfolks
  10. ladyfriend
  11. ladyfriends

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