"wreckfish" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: wreckfishes [plural], wreckfish [plural]
Etymology: From wreck + fish, since it often comes in with wreckage. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|wreck|fish}} wreck + fish Head templates: {{en-noun|+|wreckfish}} wreckfish (plural wreckfishes or wreckfish)
  1. Any of the perciform marine fish of the family Polyprionidae, often inhabiting caves and shipwrecks. Wikipedia link: wreckfish Categories (lifeform): Percoid fish Translations (perciform marine fish of the family Polyprionidae): hylkyahven (Finnish), cherna [feminine] (Galician), Wrackbarsche [feminine] (German), cherne [masculine] (Portuguese)

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