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roundfish

roundfish noun: any fish that is not a flatfish.

Noun

roundfish (plural roundfishes or roundfish)

  1. Any fish that is not a flatfish.
  2. A round whitefish (Prosopium cylindraceum).
    Synonyms:
    shad-waiter
  3. A common carp (Cyprinus carpio).

Synonyms of roundfish

Forms of roundfish

pluralroundfishes
pluralroundfish

Origin of roundfish

From round + fish.

Questions about roundfish

What does roundfish mean?
Roundfish means any fish that is not a flatfish.
What part of speech is roundfish?
Roundfish is a noun.
What is the plural of roundfish?
The plural of roundfish is roundfishes.

Words near roundfish in the dictionary

  1. rounders
  2. roundest
  3. roundeth
  4. roundeye
  5. roundeyes
  6. roundfish
  7. roundfishes
  8. roundhand
  9. roundhands
  10. Roundhay
  11. roundhead

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