English Explanatory Dictionary

thornfish

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A group of fish in the order Perciformes, the family Bovichtidae.
  2. A dragonet, any of the small perciform marine fish of the family Callionymidae.
  3. A jarbua terapon (Terapon jarbua).

Word forms

thornfish thornfishes

Etymology

From thorn + fish.

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