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butterfish meaning in Tamil

வெள்ளிறால்

UK/ˈbʌtəfɪʃ/US/ˈbʌtəɹfɪʃ/

butterfish in Tamil: வெள்ளிறால். In English, butterfish means perciform fish of the family Stromateidae, including the genera Pampus, Peprilus and Stromateus.

Tamil words for butterfish

வெள்ளிறால்

English meaning of butterfish

  1. noun Perciform fish of the family Stromateidae, including the genera Pampus, Peprilus and Stromateus.
  2. noun A rock gunnel, Pholis gunnellus, an eel-like fish found in the intertidal and subtidal zones of the North Atlantic.
  3. noun The New Zealand fish Odax pullus, also known as greenbone.
  4. noun The Murray perch, Oligorus mitchelli; an Australian perciform fish of Murray river, now known as trout cod, Maccullochella macquariensis http://www.fishbase.org/Nomenclature/SynonymsList.php?ID=6308&SynCode=26048&GenusName=Maccullochella&SpeciesName=macquariensis, http://www.fishbase.org/summary/Maccullochella-macquariensis.html.

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Questions about butterfish in Tamil

What is the meaning of butterfish in Tamil?
Butterfish in Tamil is வெள்ளிறால்.
butterfish என்பதன் தமிழ் அர்த்தம் என்ன?
Butterfish: வெள்ளிறால்.
What does butterfish mean in English?
Butterfish means perciform fish of the family Stromateidae, including the genera Pampus, Peprilus and Stromateus.

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Tamil words from Tamil Wiktionary: butterfish (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: butterfish (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Tamil words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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