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pilot fish

pilot fish noun: a marine fish, Naucrates ductor, that often follows large vessels and sharks.

pilot fish: a marine fish, Naucrates ductor, that often follows large vessels and sharks
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Noun

pilot fish (plural pilot fish or pilot fishes)

  1. A marine fish, Naucrates ductor, that often follows large vessels and sharks.

pilot fish meaning in Tamil

pilot fish in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

Forms of pilot fish

pluralpilot fish
pluralpilot fishes

Origin of pilot fish

So called from its having been supposed to guide sharks to their prey.

Questions about pilot fish

What does pilot fish mean?
Pilot fish means a marine fish, Naucrates ductor, that often follows large vessels and sharks.
What is pilot fish in Tamil?
Pilot fish in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Pilot fish meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is pilot fish?
Pilot fish is a noun.
What is the plural of pilot fish?
The plural of pilot fish is pilot fish.

Words near pilot fish in the dictionary

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  2. pilot engine
  3. pilot engines
  4. pilot experiment
  5. pilot experiments
  6. pilot fish
  7. pilot fishes
  8. pilot flag
  9. pilot flags
  10. pilot flame
  11. pilot flames

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pilot fish (page history and authors); pilot fish (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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