English Explanatory Dictionary

assfish

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several types of fish:
  2. bony-eared assfish, Acanthonus armatus
  3. cavernous assfish, Porogadus gracilis
  4. any of various species in the genus Bassozetus:
  5. robust assfish, Bassozetus robustus
  6. abyssal assfish, Bassozetus compressus or Bassozetus elongatus

Word forms

assfish assfishes ass fish ass-fish

Etymology

From ass + fish, probably from a mistranslation of onus in the genus name Acanthonus, which is from Ancient Greek ἄκανθος (ákanthos, “acanthus”, literally “prickly flower”) + ὄνος (ónos, “hake”): the latter word can mean either an ass (donkey) or less commonly a type of fish.

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