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purple-fishes

purple-fishes is the plural of purple-fish.

Meaning of purple-fish

Noun

purple-fish (usually uncountable, plural purple-fishes)

  1. (usually) A shellfish, probably of the genus Murex, the classical source of Tyrian purple

Questions about purple-fishes

What is purple-fishes the plural of?
Purple-fishes is the plural of purple-fish.

Words near purple-fishes in the dictionary

  1. purple-backed fairywren
  2. purple-backed fairywrens
  3. purple-crowned fairywren
  4. purple-crowned fairywrens
  5. purple-fish
  6. purple-fishes
  7. purple-glossed snake
  8. purple-glossed snakes
  9. purple-headed yogurt slinger
  10. purple-headed yogurt slingers
  11. purple-leaved plum

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