thread-fish

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   fish having greatly elongated front rays on dorsal and anal fins

   SynonymsthreadfishAlectis ciliaris

   Broaderjack

   Part ofAlectis

Questions about thread-fish

What does thread-fish mean?

thread-fish means "fish having greatly elongated front rays on dorsal and anal fins".

How many syllables are in thread-fish?

thread-fish has 3 syllables: thre-ad--fish. The stress falls on "thre".

What is another word for thread-fish?

Close synonyms include threadfish, Alectis ciliaris. 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 thread-fish a common word?

thread-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.