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tigerfishes

tigerfishes is the plural of tigerfish.

Meaning of tigerfish

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.

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Questions about tigerfishes

What is tigerfishes the plural of?
Tigerfishes is the plural of tigerfish.

Words near tigerfishes in the dictionary

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

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