ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Thornfish

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Thornfish is a noun meaning A group of fish in the order Perciformes, the family Bovichtidae.

Meaning

A group of fish in the order Perciformes, the family Bovichtidae.

More Meanings

  1. A dragonet, any of the small perciform marine fish of the family Callionymidae.
  2. A jarbua terapon (Terapon jarbua).

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Related Words

Related dictionary entries include thornback, threadfin, bandfish, boxfish, sandfish, percichthyid.

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