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spoutfish

spoutfish noun: any of a number of marine animals that spout water; especially certain bivalve mollusks that squirt out water when retiring into their holes, for example, the thick shelled river mussel (Unio crassus).

Noun

spoutfish (plural spoutfishes or spoutfish)

  1. Any of a number of marine animals that spout water; especially certain bivalve mollusks that squirt out water when retiring into their holes, for example, the thick shelled river mussel (Unio crassus).

Forms of spoutfish

pluralspoutfishes
pluralspoutfish

Origin of spoutfish

From spout + fish.

Questions about spoutfish

What does spoutfish mean?
Spoutfish means any of a number of marine animals that spout water; especially certain bivalve mollusks that squirt out water when retiring into their holes, for example, the thick shelled river mussel (Unio crassus).
What part of speech is spoutfish?
Spoutfish is a noun.
What is the plural of spoutfish?
The plural of spoutfish is spoutfishes.

Words near spoutfish in the dictionary

  1. spouted out
  2. spouter
  3. spouters
  4. spoutest
  5. spouteth
  6. spoutfish
  7. spoutfishes
  8. spouthole
  9. spoutholes
  10. spoutin'
  11. spoutiness

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