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menpachi

menpachi noun: a soldierfish.

Noun

menpachi (plural menpachis or menpachi)

  1. (Hawaii) A soldierfish.

Forms of menpachi

pluralmenpachis
pluralmenpachi
alternative formmempachi

Origin of menpachi

Borrowed from Japanese めんぱち (menpachi), a dialectal word for the めだか (medaka).

Questions about menpachi

What does menpachi mean?
Menpachi means a soldierfish.
What part of speech is menpachi?
Menpachi is a noun.
What is the plural of menpachi?
The plural of menpachi is menpachis.

Words near menpachi in the dictionary

  1. menotropins
  2. menow
  3. menowashing
  4. menows
  5. menoxenia
  6. menpachi
  7. menpachis
  8. menpo
  9. menqach
  10. Menrva
  11. mens

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