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oysterfish

oysterfish noun: tautog (Tautoga onitis).

Noun

oysterfish (plural oysterfishes)

  1. tautog (Tautoga onitis)

Forms of oysterfish

pluraloysterfishes

Origin of oysterfish

From oyster + fish.

Questions about oysterfish

What does oysterfish mean?
Oysterfish means tautog (Tautoga onitis).
What part of speech is oysterfish?
Oysterfish is a noun.
What is the plural of oysterfish?
The plural of oysterfish is oysterfishes.

Words near oysterfish in the dictionary

  1. oystercatcher
  2. oystercatchers
  3. oystered
  4. oysterer
  5. oysterers
  6. oysterfish
  7. oysterfishes
  8. oysterhood
  9. oysteries
  10. oystering
  11. oysterish

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