soldier-fish

1. 1.

   the larger squirrelfishes

   Synonymssoldierfish

   Broadersquirrelfish

Questions about soldier-fish

What does soldier-fish mean?

soldier-fish means "the larger squirrelfishes".

How many syllables are in soldier-fish?

soldier-fish has 3 syllables: sol-dier--fish. The stress falls on "sol".

What is another word for soldier-fish?

Close synonyms include soldierfish. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is soldier-fish a common word?

soldier-fish is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.