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tigerfish

tigerfish noun: any fish in the percoid genus Datnioides.

Noun

tigerfish (plural tigerfishes or tigerfish)

  1. Any fish in the percoid genus Datnioides.
  2. Any barracuda.
  3. Any of the species Hoplias malabaricus and related characins in the family Erythrinidae.
  4. Any of the genus Pterois of east Asian lionfishes.
  5. (Guyana) Any of the family Pimelodidae of catfishes.
  6. (Africa) Any fish in the genus Hydrocynus of characins.
  7. (Africa, East) A cichlid of species Rhamphochromis longiceps, native to the Lake Malawi basin.
  8. (Asia) jarbua terapon and related species in the family Terapontidae.
  9. A sea cucumber of the Indian Ocean (Bohadschia atra).

Forms of tigerfish

pluraltigerfishes
pluraltigerfish

Origin of tigerfish

From tiger + fish.

Words formed from tigerfish

Questions about tigerfish

What does tigerfish mean?
Tigerfish means any fish in the percoid genus Datnioides.
What part of speech is tigerfish?
Tigerfish is a noun.
What is the plural of tigerfish?
The plural of tigerfish is tigerfishes.

Words near tigerfish in the dictionary

  1. tigercycline
  2. tigerdom
  3. tigeresque
  4. tigereye
  5. tigereyes
  6. tigerfish
  7. tigerfishes
  8. Tigergate
  9. tigerhood
  10. tigerine
  11. tigerinin

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