Prowfish
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Prowfish is a noun meaning A species of subtropical perciform saltwater fish, Zaprora silenus, found in the North Pacific.
Meaning
A species of subtropical perciform saltwater fish, Zaprora silenus, found in the North Pacific.
More Meanings
- An Australian prowfish (any fish of the family Pataecidae, characterized by a long dorsal fin that begins far forward on the head, forming a "prow" shape, and extends all the way to the caudal fin).
Word Forms
- prowfishes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include surfperch, zebrafish, logperch, percopsiform, ronquil, ragfish.
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