tigerfish en · NOUN
Etymology
From tiger + fish.
Meanings
- Any of a number of species of fish with stripes on their bodies, otherwise fearsome appearance, or aggressive predatory behavior, including, among others: ▸ Any fish in the percoid genus Datnioides.
- Any of a number of species of fish with stripes on their bodies, otherwise fearsome appearance, or aggressive predatory behavior, including, among others: ▸ Any barracuda.
- Any of a number of species of fish with stripes on their bodies, otherwise fearsome appearance, or aggressive predatory behavior, including, among others: ▸ Any of the species Hoplias malabaricus and related characins in the family Erythrinidae.
- Any of a number of species of fish with stripes on their bodies, otherwise fearsome appearance, or aggressive predatory behavior, including, among others: ▸ Any of the genus Pterois of east Asian lionfishes.
- (Guyana) Any of a number of species of fish with stripes on their bodies, otherwise fearsome appearance, or aggressive predatory behavior, including, among others: ▸ Any of the family Pimelodidae of catfishes.
- (Africa) Any of a number of species of fish with stripes on their bodies, otherwise fearsome appearance, or aggressive predatory behavior, including, among others: ▸ Any fish in the genus Hydrocynus of characins.
- (Africa, East) Any of a number of species of fish with stripes on their bodies, otherwise fearsome appearance, or aggressive predatory behavior, including, among others: ▸ A cichlid of species Rhamphochromis longiceps, native to the Lake Malawi basin.
- (qualifier:Asia) Any of a number of species of fish with stripes on their bodies, otherwise fearsome appearance, or aggressive predatory behavior, including, among others: ▸ jarbua terapon and related species in the family Terapontidae.
- A sea cucumber of the Indian Ocean (Bohadschia atra).
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| tigerfish | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| tigerfishes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |