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ribbonfish

ribbonfish noun: any of several lampriform fish, of the family Trachipteridae, having long, ribbon-like bodies.

ribbonfish: any of several lampriform fish, of the family Trachipteridae, having long, ribbon-like bodies
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Noun

ribbonfish (plural ribbonfishes or ribbonfish)

  1. Any of several lampriform fish, of the family Trachipteridae, having long, ribbon-like bodies.

ribbonfish meaning in Tamil

ribbonfish in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

Forms of ribbonfish

pluralribbonfishes
pluralribbonfish

Origin of ribbonfish

From ribbon + fish.

Questions about ribbonfish

What does ribbonfish mean?
Ribbonfish means any of several lampriform fish, of the family Trachipteridae, having long, ribbon-like bodies.
What is ribbonfish in Tamil?
Ribbonfish in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Ribbonfish meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ribbonfish?
Ribbonfish is a noun.
What is the plural of ribbonfish?
The plural of ribbonfish is ribbonfishes.

Words near ribbonfish in the dictionary

  1. ribbonback
  2. ribbonbacks
  3. ribboned
  4. ribboner
  5. ribboners
  6. ribbonfish
  7. ribbonfishes
  8. ribbongrass
  9. ribboning
  10. Ribbonism
  11. Ribbonist

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ribbonfish (page history and authors); ribbonfish (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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