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thornfishes

thornfishes is the plural of thornfish.

Meaning of thornfish

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).

Questions about thornfishes

What is thornfishes the plural of?
Thornfishes is the plural of thornfish.

Words near thornfishes in the dictionary

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

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