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prowfishes

prowfishes is the plural of prowfish.

Meaning of prowfish

Noun

prowfish (plural prowfishes or prowfish)

  1. A species of subtropical perciform saltwater fish, Zaprora silenus, found in the North Pacific.
  2. An Australian prowfish (any fish of the family Pataecidae, characterized by a long dorsal fin that begins far forward on the head, forming a "prow" shape, and extends all the way to the caudal fin).

Phrases with prowfishes

Questions about prowfishes

What is prowfishes the plural of?
Prowfishes is the plural of prowfish.

Words near prowfishes in the dictionary

  1. prowessed
  2. prowesses
  3. prowest
  4. prowestern
  5. prowfish
  6. prowfishes
  7. prowhaling
  8. prowhite
  9. prowhiteness
  10. prowl
  11. prowl car

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