English Explanatory Dictionary

horsefish

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An opah (family Lamprididae).
  2. A sauger (Sander canadensis).
  3. A sea horse (Hippocampus spp.).
  4. Any of several species of genus Congiopodus.
  5. A horseshoe crab (order Xiphosura spp.).

Word forms

horsefish horsefishes

Etymology

From horse + fish.

Synonyms

pigfish racehorse

Derived words

Antarctic horsefish Chereshnev's horsefish smooth horsefish spinenose horsefish spiny horsefish
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