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panfish

panfish noun: any fish that is suitable for cooking in a frying pan by virtue of its size and taste.

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 panfish

pluralpanfishes
pluralpanfish

Origin of panfish

From pan + fish.

Questions about panfish

What does panfish mean?
Panfish means any fish that is suitable for cooking in a frying pan by virtue of its size and taste.
What part of speech is panfish?
Panfish is a noun.
What is the plural of panfish?
The plural of panfish is panfishes.

Words near panfish in the dictionary

  1. panfaces
  2. panfacial
  3. panfandom
  4. Panfil
  5. Panfils
  6. panfish
  7. panfishes
  8. panfishing
  9. panflavivirus
  10. panflute
  11. panflutes

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