"houndfish" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: houndfishes [plural], houndfish [plural]
Etymology: From hound + fish. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hound|fish}} hound + fish Head templates: {{en-noun|+|houndfish}} houndfish (plural houndfishes or houndfish)
  1. Tylosurus crocodilus, a large gamefish of the family Belonidae. Categories (lifeform): Beloniform fish, Carcharhiniform sharks Synonyms (gamefish in Belonidae): crocodile needlefish, hound needlefish
    Sense id: en-houndfish-en-noun-olhZuul0 Disambiguation of Beloniform fish: 62 38 Disambiguation of Carcharhiniform sharks: 55 45 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 71 29 Disambiguation of 'gamefish in Belonidae': 93 7
  2. A small European shark (Scyliorhinus canicula), small-spotted dogfish. Categories (lifeform): Carcharhiniform sharks
    Sense id: en-houndfish-en-noun-Ai3XSd80 Disambiguation of Carcharhiniform sharks: 55 45

Inflected forms

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