"pleco" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: plecos [plural]
Etymology: Shortened from plecostomus, from translingual Plecostomus. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|mul|-}} translingual, {{taxlink|Plecostomus|genus}} Plecostomus Head templates: {{en-noun}} pleco (plural plecos)
  1. Any of several tropical American fish, of the family Loricariidae, popular in aquaria for their ability to clean tanks by eating algae growth. Synonyms: plec, pleco fish, plecostomus, janitor fish Derived forms: adonis pleco, gold nugget pleco Translations (type of fish): pleko (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-pleco-en-noun-O6~mx7Aq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Catfish, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Upper Sorbian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 79 2 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 69 2 29 Disambiguation of Upper Sorbian entries with incorrect language header: 53 6 42

Noun [Upper Sorbian]

IPA: /ˈplɛt͡sɔ/
Rhymes: -ɛt͡sɔ Etymology: Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pleťè. Etymology templates: {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|hsb|sla-pro|*pleťè|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Proto-Slavic *pleťè, {{inh+|hsb|sla-pro|*pleťè}} Inherited from Proto-Slavic *pleťè Head templates: {{hsb-noun|n}} pleco n, {{tlb|hsb|anatomy}} (anatomy) Inflection templates: {{hsb-ndecl|n}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], pleco [nominative, singular], plecy [dual, nominative], pleca [nominative, plural], pleca [genitive, singular], plecow [dual, genitive], plecow [genitive, plural], plecu [dative, singular], plecomaj [dative, dual], plecam [dative, plural], pleco [accusative, singular], plecy [accusative, dual], pleca [accusative, plural], plecom [instrumental, singular], plecomaj [dual, instrumental], plecami [instrumental, plural], plecu [locative, singular], plecomaj [dual, locative], plecach [locative, plural], pleco [singular, vocative], plecy [dual, vocative], pleca [plural, vocative]
  1. leg or thigh of an animal Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-pleco-hsb-noun-0fZfTdJx Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
  2. buttcheek Tags: neuter
    Sense id: en-pleco-hsb-noun-rQ0~JpOO Categories (other): Anatomy Disambiguation of Anatomy: 37 63 Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences

Inflected forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-08-28 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-08-05 using wiktextract (872fc7b and 4deed51). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.