"penfish" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: penfishes [plural], penfish [plural]
Etymology: pen + fish, since the squid's ink was formerly used for writing. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|pen|fish}} pen + fish Head templates: {{en-noun|+|penfish}} penfish (plural penfishes or penfish)
  1. A squid. Categories (lifeform): Squid
    Sense id: en-penfish-en-noun-5ELmpmKZ Disambiguation of Squid: 87 13
  2. (rare) Any of various porgies of the genus Calamus Tags: rare Translations (Calamus): pez pluma [feminine] (Spanish), pluma (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-penfish-en-noun-xdg6V6qS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 87 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 91 Disambiguation of 'Calamus': 2 98

Inflected forms

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