Assfish

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of several types of fish:; bony-eared assfish, Acanthonus armatus countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    Any of several types of fish:; cavernous assfish, Porogadus gracilis countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    Any of several types of fish:; any of various species in the genus Bassozetus:; robust assfish, Bassozetus robustus countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    Any of several types of fish:; any of various species in the genus Bassozetus:; abyssal assfish, Bassozetus compressus or Bassozetus elongatus countable, uncountable

Etymology

From ass + fish, probably from a mistranslation of onus in the genus name Acanthonus, which is from Ancient Greek ἄκανθος (ákanthos, “acanthus”, literally “prickly flower”) + ὄνος (ónos, “hake”): the latter word can mean either an ass (donkey) or less commonly a type of fish.

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