"hatchetfish" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hatchetfishes [plural], hatchetfish [plural]
Etymology: From hatchet + fish. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hatchet|fish}} hatchet + fish Head templates: {{en-noun|+|*}} hatchetfish (plural hatchetfishes or hatchetfish)
  1. Any of several freshwater tropical fish of the family Gasteropelecidae Synonyms (deep-sea fish): sternoptychid, marine hatchetfish Translations (fish belonging to Gasteropelecidae): മഴുവ (maḻuva) (Malayalam)
    Sense id: en-hatchetfish-en-noun-YluEF2PG Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Malayalam translations, Characins, Fish Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 96 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 96 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Malayalam translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Characins: 79 21 Disambiguation of Fish: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'deep-sea fish': 64 36 Disambiguation of 'fish belonging to Gasteropelecidae': 60 40
  2. Any fish in the deep-sea stomiiform family Sternoptychidae
    Sense id: en-hatchetfish-en-noun-a30dxRPJ Categories (other): Fish Disambiguation of Fish: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (freshwater fish): gasteropelecid Derived forms: flying hatchetfish
Disambiguation of 'freshwater fish': 52 48

Inflected forms

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