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queenfish

queenfish noun: a queen croaker, of species Seriphus politus, of North America, with elongated body and large mouth.

Noun

queenfish (plural queenfishes or queenfish)

  1. (Canada, UK, US) A queen croaker, of species Seriphus politus, of North America, with elongated body and large mouth.
  2. (Australia) Any fish in the genus Scomberoides
  3. (Australia) An emperor red snapper (Lutjanus sebae)

Forms of queenfish

pluralqueenfishes
pluralqueenfish

Origin of queenfish

From queen + fish.

Words formed from queenfish

  • barred queenfish
  • deepbodies queenfish
  • doublespotted queenfish
  • double-spotted queenfish
  • needle-scaled queenfish
  • Talang queenfish

Questions about queenfish

What does queenfish mean?
Queenfish means a queen croaker, of species Seriphus politus, of North America, with elongated body and large mouth.
What part of speech is queenfish?
Queenfish is a noun.
What is the plural of queenfish?
The plural of queenfish is queenfishes.

Words near queenfish in the dictionary

  1. queened out
  2. queened up
  3. queener
  4. queeners
  5. queenes
  6. queenfish
  7. queenfishes
  8. Queenhill
  9. queenhood
  10. queenhoods
  11. queenie

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