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thornfish

thornfish noun: a group of fish in the order Perciformes, the family Bovichtidae.

Noun

thornfish (plural thornfishes or thornfish)

  1. A group of fish in the order Perciformes, the family Bovichtidae.
  2. A dragonet, any of the small perciform marine fish of the family Callionymidae.
  3. A jarbua terapon (Terapon jarbua).

thornfish meaning in Tamil

thornfish in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

Forms of thornfish

pluralthornfishes
pluralthornfish

Origin of thornfish

From thorn + fish.

Questions about thornfish

What does thornfish mean?
Thornfish means a group of fish in the order Perciformes, the family Bovichtidae.
What is thornfish in Tamil?
Thornfish in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Thornfish meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is thornfish?
Thornfish is a noun.
What is the plural of thornfish?
The plural of thornfish is thornfishes.

Words near thornfish in the dictionary

  1. Thorne–Zytkow object
  2. Thorne–Zytkow objects
  3. Thorne–Żytkow object
  4. Thorne–Żytkow objects
  5. Thornfalcon
  6. thornfish
  7. thornfishes
  8. Thornford
  9. Thorngumbald
  10. Thornhart
  11. thornhead

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