"squawfish" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: squawfishes [plural], squawfish [plural]
Etymology: From squaw + fish. It has been suggested that squawfish could be a corruption of *squawkfish (in reference to the sound the fish makes when taken out of the water), but that form is unattested, and compare oldsquaw ducks which were named because their squawking was likened to Native American women's. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|squaw|fish}} squaw + fish Head templates: {{en-noun|+|*}} squawfish (plural squawfishes or squawfish)
  1. (now offensive) The pikeminnow. Tags: offensive
    Sense id: en-squawfish-en-noun-kbnJp0qv Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Leuciscine fish

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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