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pan fish

pan fish is the alternative form of panfish.

Meaning of panfish

Noun

panfish (countable and uncountable, plural panfishes or panfish)

  1. Any fish that is suitable for cooking in a frying pan by virtue of its size and taste.
    • Panfish are caught primarily for eating, rather than for sport.

Forms of pan fish

pluralpan fish
pluralpan fishes

Questions about pan fish

What is pan fish the alternative form of?
Pan fish is the alternative form of panfish.

Words near pan fish in the dictionary

  1. pan cake
  2. pan cakes
  3. pan drop
  4. pan drops
  5. pan dulce
  6. pan fish
  7. pan flute
  8. pan flutes
  9. pan former
  10. pan formers
  11. pan fried

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