English Explanatory Dictionary

tigerfish

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of a number of species of fish with stripes on their bodies, otherwise fearsome appearance, or aggressive predatory behavior, including, among others:
  2. Any fish in the percoid genus Datnioides.
  3. Any barracuda.
  4. Any of the species Hoplias malabaricus and related characins in the family Erythrinidae.
  5. Any of the genus Pterois of east Asian lionfishes.
  6. Any of the family Pimelodidae of catfishes.
  7. Any fish in the genus Hydrocynus of characins.
  8. A cichlid of species Rhamphochromis longiceps, native to the Lake Malawi basin.
  9. jarbua terapon and related species in the family Terapontidae.
  10. A sea cucumber of the Indian Ocean (Bohadschia atra).

Word forms

tigerfish tigerfishes

Etymology

From tiger + fish.

Derived words

African tigerfish elongate tigerfish
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