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sweetlips

sweetlips noun: any member of the genus Plectorhinchus of fish with large fleshy lips.

Noun

sweetlips (plural sweetlips)

  1. Any member of the genus Plectorhinchus of fish with large fleshy lips.
    • Kenny Gamble, Dockside Dave’s manager and chef, has often heard the question since a Florida attorney general’s investigation revealed this year that 17 of 24 other restaurants in and around Tampa Bay were passing off cheaper imported fish — tilapia, bream, hake, sutchi, emperor, green weakfish...2007 May 27, Lynn Waddell, “That Grouper on the Menu? Turns Out It Was a Fish Tale”, in New York Times

sweetlips meaning in Tagalog

sweetlips in Tagalog

any member of the genus Plectorhinchus of fish with large fleshy lips
gulyabaw

Forms of sweetlips

pluralsweetlips

Origin of sweetlips

From sweet + lips.

Questions about sweetlips

What does sweetlips mean?
Sweetlips means any member of the genus Plectorhinchus of fish with large fleshy lips.
What is sweetlips in Tagalog?
Sweetlips in Tagalog is gulyabaw. See Sweetlips meaning in Tagalog.
What part of speech is sweetlips?
Sweetlips is a noun.
What is the plural of sweetlips?
The plural of sweetlips is sweetlips.

Words near sweetlips in the dictionary

  1. sweetlier
  2. sweetliest
  3. sweetling
  4. sweetlings
  5. sweetlip
  6. sweetlips
  7. sweetly
  8. sweetmaker
  9. sweetmakers
  10. sweetmaking
  11. sweetman

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