"ghostfish" meaning in All languages combined

See ghostfish on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: ghostfishes [plural], ghostfish [plural]
Etymology: ghost + fish, from its pale colour. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|ghost|fish}} ghost + fish Head templates: {{en-noun|+|ghostfish}} ghostfish (plural ghostfishes or ghostfish)
  1. The wrymouth, Cryptacanthodes maculatus. Categories (lifeform): Zoarcoid fish

Inflected forms

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