English Explanatory Dictionary

rudderfish

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of various not closely related fish that have the habit of following ships
  2. Centrolophus niger, a medusafish, the only member of the genus Centrolophus.

Word forms

rudderfish rudderfishes

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁reh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₁roh₁-(ye-)-tider. Proto-Germanic *rōaną Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Germanic *-þrą Proto-Germanic *rōþrą Proto-West Germanic *rōþr Old English rōþor Middle English rother English rudder Proto-Indo-European *péysks Proto-Germanic *fiskaz Proto-West Germanic *fisk Old English fisċ Middle English fisch English fish English rudderfish From rudder + fish.

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