"roundfish" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: roundfishes [plural], roundfish [plural]
Etymology: round + fish Etymology templates: {{compound|en|round|fish}} round + fish Head templates: {{en-noun|+|roundfish}} roundfish (plural roundfishes or roundfish)
  1. Any fish that is not a flatfish. Categories (lifeform): Fish, Freshwater whitefish
    Sense id: en-roundfish-en-noun-HOfJi3bR Disambiguation of Fish: 60 9 31 Disambiguation of Freshwater whitefish: 43 31 26
  2. A round whitefish (Prosopium cylindraceum). Synonyms: shad-waiter
    Sense id: en-roundfish-en-noun-pOgNj9aZ
  3. A common carp (Cyprinus carpio).
    Sense id: en-roundfish-en-noun-vW9GeLKE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 24 60 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 24 60

Inflected forms

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