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shorefish

shorefish noun: any of several fishes which inhabit shallow waters.

Noun

shorefish (plural shorefish or shorefishes)

  1. Any of several fishes which inhabit shallow waters

Forms of shorefish

pluralshorefish
pluralshorefishes
alternative formshore-fish
alternative formshore fish

Origin of shorefish

From shore + fish.

Questions about shorefish

What does shorefish mean?
Shorefish means any of several fishes which inhabit shallow waters.
What part of speech is shorefish?
Shorefish is a noun.
What is the plural of shorefish?
The plural of shorefish is shorefish.

Words near shorefish in the dictionary

  1. shored up
  2. Shoreditch
  3. shoreface
  4. shorefaces
  5. shorefast
  6. shorefish
  7. shorefishes
  8. shorefront
  9. shorefronts
  10. shoregoing
  11. Shoreham

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