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leatherjackets

leatherjackets is the plural of leatherjacket.

Meaning of leatherjacket

Noun

leatherjacket (plural leatherjackets)

  1. The larva of certain crane flies.
  2. Any of several brightly coloured tropical fishes, of the family Balistidae, including the filefish and the triggerfish; leatherfish.
  3. Any of several Atlantic fishes, of the genus Oligoplites, that have a leathery skin; leatherjack.
  4. (obsolete) grey gum (Eucalyptus punctata).

Phrases with leatherjackets

Questions about leatherjackets

What is leatherjackets the plural of?
Leatherjackets is the plural of leatherjacket.

Words near leatherjackets in the dictionary

  1. leatherized
  2. leatherizes
  3. leatherizing
  4. leatherjack
  5. leatherjacket
  6. leatherjackets
  7. leatherjacks
  8. Leatherland
  9. Leatherlands
  10. leatherleaf
  11. leatherleaf fern

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Adapted from Wiktionary: leatherjackets (page history and authors); leatherjacket (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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