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oarfish

oarfish noun: a large, greatly elongated, type of fish of the family Regalecidae.

oarfish: a large, greatly elongated, type of fish of the family Regalecidae
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Noun

oarfish (plural oarfishes or oarfish)

  1. A large, greatly elongated, type of fish of the family Regalecidae.
    • For the second time this year an oarfish, a rarely seen deep sea fish that has historically been considered a harbinger of doom, washed up on the California coastline.2024 November 15, Dani Anguiano, “Second oarfish, mythical harbinger of doom, found washed up in California”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
    Synonyms:
    doomsday fish

oarfish meaning in Tamil

oarfish in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

Synonyms of oarfish

Forms of oarfish

pluraloarfishes
pluraloarfish

Origin of oarfish

From oar + fish.

Words formed from oarfish

Questions about oarfish

What does oarfish mean?
Oarfish means a large, greatly elongated, type of fish of the family Regalecidae.
What is oarfish in Tamil?
Oarfish in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Oarfish meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is oarfish?
Oarfish is a noun.
What is the plural of oarfish?
The plural of oarfish is oarfishes.

Words near oarfish in the dictionary

  1. oarblade
  2. oarblades
  3. oare
  4. oared
  5. oares
  6. oarfish
  7. oarfishes
  8. oarhole
  9. oarholes
  10. oaring
  11. oaritis

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