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torrentfish

torrentfish noun: cheimarrichthys fosteri, a freshwater fish native to fast-moving, shallow waters in New Zealand that migrates out to sea as part of its life-cycle.

Noun

torrentfish (plural torrentfish or torrentfishes)

  1. Cheimarrichthys fosteri, a freshwater fish native to fast-moving, shallow waters in New Zealand that migrates out to sea as part of its life-cycle.

Forms of torrentfish

pluraltorrentfish
pluraltorrentfishes

Origin of torrentfish

From torrent + fish.

Questions about torrentfish

What does torrentfish mean?
Torrentfish means cheimarrichthys fosteri, a freshwater fish native to fast-moving, shallow waters in New Zealand that migrates out to sea as part of its life-cycle.
What part of speech is torrentfish?
Torrentfish is a noun.
What is the plural of torrentfish?
The plural of torrentfish is torrentfish.

Words near torrentfish in the dictionary

  1. torrent-larks
  2. torrentable
  3. torrented
  4. torrenter
  5. torrenters
  6. torrentfish
  7. torrentfishes
  8. torrential
  9. torrentiality
  10. torrentially
  11. torrentine

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