"snakefish" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: snakefish [plural], snakefishes [plural]
Etymology: From snake + fish. Etymology templates: {{wp}}, {{compound|en|snake|fish}} snake + fish Head templates: {{en-noun|*|+}} snakefish (plural snakefish or snakefishes)
  1. Any of the several fish that resemble a snake.
    Sense id: en-snakefish-en-noun-c8uRXlXd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Aulopiform fish Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 92 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4 Disambiguation of Aulopiform fish: 99 1
  2. Trachinocephalus myops
    Sense id: en-snakefish-en-noun-d1NXejQc
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: snakehead [fish, ichthyology, zoology, biology, natural-sciences]

Inflected forms

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