"paddlefish" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpædəlˌfɪʃ/ [General-American] Forms: paddlefish [plural], paddlefishes [plural]
Etymology: Etymology tree English paddle Proto-Indo-European *péysks Proto-Germanic *fiskaz Proto-West Germanic *fisk Old English fisċ Middle English fisch English fish English paddlefish From paddle + fish. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|paddle|fish|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English paddle Proto-Indo-European *péysks Proto-Germanic *fiskaz Proto-West Germanic *fisk Old English fisċ Middle English fisch English fish English paddlefish [Appendix:Glossary#inherited|Inherited]] from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*fiskaz", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*fisk", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "fisċ", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "fisch", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "fish", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "paddlefish", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="paddlefish"> From paddle + fish. Head templates: {{en-noun|~|*|+}} paddlefish (countable and uncountable, plural paddlefish or paddlefishes)
  1. Any of several primitive fish, of the family Polyodontidae, that have a long snout shaped like a paddle. Wikidata QID: Q858011 Tags: countable, uncountable Synonyms: shovelfish, spadefish Hypernyms: fish, vertebrate, animal, organism, creature Coordinate_terms: sturddlefish
    Sense id: en-paddlefish-en-noun-en:Q858011
  2. Any of several primitive fish, of the family Polyodontidae, that have a long snout shaped like a paddle.
    (often specifically) The American paddlefish.
    Wikidata QID: Q827142, Q858011 Tags: countable, often, specifically, uncountable Synonyms: shovelfish, spadefish, American paddlefish, shovelfish, spadefish, duckbill, duckbill cat, duck-billed cat, spoonbill, spoonbilled cat Coordinate_terms: sturddlefish, Chinese paddlefish
    Sense id: en-paddlefish-en-noun-en:Q8580111 Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Navajo translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Seneca translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Thai translations, Acipenseriform fish Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 20 80 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 20 80 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 20 80 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 86 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 25 75 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 23 77 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 78 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Navajo translations: 29 71 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 30 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Seneca translations: 31 69 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 32 68 Disambiguation of Acipenseriform fish: 30 70 Hypernyms: fish, vertebrate, animal, organism, creature, paddlefish, fish, vertebrate, animal, organism, creature
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: American paddlefish, Chinese paddlefish, sturddlefish Translations (fish of the family Polyodontidae): веслонос (veslonos) [masculine] (Bulgarian), peix espàtula [masculine] (Catalan), 匙吻鱘 /匙吻鲟 (chíwěnxún) (english: American paddlefish) (Chinese Mandarin), 白鱘 /白鲟 (báixún) (english: Chinese paddlefish) (Chinese Mandarin), lepelsteur [masculine] (Dutch), miekkasampi (taxonomic: Psephurus gladius) (Finnish), lapasampi (taxonomic: Polyodon spathula) (Finnish), poisson-spatule [masculine] (French), polydon [masculine] (French), Löffelstör [masculine] (German), kanalastok (Hungarian), ヘラチョウザメ (herachouzame) (Japanese), chį́į́hʼadeeʼii (Navajo), wiosłonos [masculine] (Polish), peixe-espátula [masculine] (Portuguese), веслоно́с (veslonós) [masculine] (Russian), ogáwihsö꞉n (Seneca), pez espátula [masculine] (Spanish), ฉลามปากเป็ด (chà-lǎam-bpàak-bpèt) (Thai)
Disambiguation of 'fish of the family Polyodontidae': 50 50

Inflected forms

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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "fish of the family Polyodontidae",
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      "word": "lepelsteur"
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      "sense": "fish of the family Polyodontidae",
      "taxonomic": "Psephurus gladius",
      "word": "miekkasampi"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
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      "sense": "fish of the family Polyodontidae",
      "taxonomic": "Polyodon spathula",
      "word": "lapasampi"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "fish of the family Polyodontidae",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "poisson-spatule"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "fish of the family Polyodontidae",
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "fish of the family Polyodontidae",
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      "word": "Löffelstör"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "fish of the family Polyodontidae",
      "word": "kanalastok"
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      "roman": "herachouzame",
      "sense": "fish of the family Polyodontidae",
      "word": "ヘラチョウザメ"
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      "code": "nv",
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      "sense": "fish of the family Polyodontidae",
      "word": "chį́į́hʼadeeʼii"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "fish of the family Polyodontidae",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "peixe-espátula"
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      "sense": "fish of the family Polyodontidae",
      "word": "ogáwihsö꞉n"
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      "sense": "fish of the family Polyodontidae",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "pez espátula"
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      "roman": "chà-lǎam-bpàak-bpèt",
      "sense": "fish of the family Polyodontidae",
      "word": "ฉลามปากเป็ด"
    }
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}

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