"goatfish" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: goatfishes [plural], goatfish [plural]
Etymology: goat + fish Etymology templates: {{compound|en|goat|fish}} goat + fish Head templates: {{en-noun|+|goatfish}} goatfish (plural goatfishes or goatfish)
  1. Any of many brightly coloured fishes, of the family Mullidae, having two barbels on the chin. Wikipedia link: goatfish Categories (lifeform): Percoid fish Hyponyms (fish in Mullidae): Mulloidichthys (english: genus), Mullus (english: genus), Parupeneus (english: genus), Pseudupeneus (english: genus), Upeneichthys (english: genus), Upeneus (english: genus) Translations (fish of the family Mullidae): barbarin (Basque), moll [masculine] (Catalan), mullo (Finnish), salmonete [masculine] (Galician), barbo [masculine] (Galician), triglia [feminine] (Italian), oapil (Mokilese), султа́нка (sultánka) [feminine] (Russian), барабу́лька (barabúlʹka) [feminine] (Russian)

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