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lanternfish

lanternfish noun: any of small, deep sea fish of the large family Myctophidae, named after their conspicuous use of bioluminescence.

Noun

lanternfish (plural lanternfish or lanternfishes)

  1. Any of small, deep sea fish of the large family Myctophidae, named after their conspicuous use of bioluminescence.
    Synonyms:
    myctophid

lanternfish meaning in Tamil

lanternfish in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

Synonyms of lanternfish

Forms of lanternfish

plurallanternfish
plurallanternfishes

Origin of lanternfish

From lantern + fish.

Questions about lanternfish

What does lanternfish mean?
Lanternfish means any of small, deep sea fish of the large family Myctophidae, named after their conspicuous use of bioluminescence.
What is lanternfish in Tamil?
Lanternfish in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Lanternfish meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is lanternfish?
Lanternfish is a noun.
What is the plural of lanternfish?
The plural of lanternfish is lanternfish.

Words near lanternfish in the dictionary

  1. lantern-jawed
  2. lanternbelly
  3. lanterne rouge
  4. lanterned
  5. lanternes rouges
  6. lanternfish
  7. lanternfishes
  8. lanternflies
  9. lanternfly
  10. lanterning
  11. lanternist

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