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muttonfishes

muttonfishes is the plural of muttonfish.

Meaning of muttonfish

Noun

muttonfish (plural muttonfish or muttonfishes)

  1. (US) Any of several Atlantic and Caribbean fishes which are said to taste of mutton, especially a mutton snapper (Lutjanus analis), an ocean pout (Macrozoarces americanus), or an Irish pompano (Diapterus auratus).
  2. (Australia) Any of several edible molluscs of the genus Haliotis; an abalone.
    • Some mornings when the tide was right out we went onto the reef with screwdrivers to prise off abalone, which we called muttonfish.1993, Tim Winton, Land's Edge, Picador, published 2014, page 28

Questions about muttonfishes

What is muttonfishes the plural of?
Muttonfishes is the plural of muttonfish.

Words near muttonfishes in the dictionary

  1. muttonbirding
  2. muttonbirds
  3. muttonchop
  4. muttonchops
  5. muttonfish
  6. muttonfishes
  7. muttongrass
  8. muttonhead
  9. muttonheaded
  10. muttonheads
  11. muttonhood

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