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fishbone meaning in Sanskrit

कण्टक káṇṭaka

fishbone in Sanskrit: कण्टक (káṇṭaka). In English, fishbone means a bone from a fish.

Sanskrit words for fishbone

a fishbone
कण्टक káṇṭaka

English meaning of fishbone

  1. noun A bone from a fish.
  2. noun Something with an appearance or structure suggestive of a fish's skeleton.

Full definition of fishbone

fishbone in a sentence

  • He choked on a fishbone.
  • a faint fishbone pattern etched across the glass

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Questions about fishbone in Sanskrit

What is the meaning of fishbone in Sanskrit?
Fishbone in Sanskrit is कण्टक (káṇṭaka).
fishbone इत्यस्य संस्कृते कः अर्थः?
Fishbone: कण्टक (káṇṭaka).
What does fishbone mean in English?
Fishbone means a bone from a fish.

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Sanskrit words from Wiktionary's Sanskrit entries whose English meaning is “fishbone”: कण्टक. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: fishbone (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Sanskrit words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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