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nightfish

nightfish noun: the fish Bostockia porosa.

Noun

nightfish (plural nightfishes or nightfish)

  1. The fish Bostockia porosa.

Forms of nightfish

pluralnightfishes
pluralnightfish

Origin of nightfish

From night + fish.

Questions about nightfish

What does nightfish mean?
Nightfish means the fish Bostockia porosa.
What part of speech is nightfish?
Nightfish is a noun.
What is the plural of nightfish?
The plural of nightfish is nightfishes.

Words near nightfish in the dictionary

  1. nightfaring
  2. nightfear
  3. nightfears
  4. nightfire
  5. nightfires
  6. nightfish
  7. nightfishes
  8. nightfowl
  9. nightfowls
  10. nightfright
  11. nightfrights

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