Henfish

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A marine fish, the sea bream.
  2. 2
    A female fish, especially a salmon or trout.

    "It was a fat nineteen-inch female and we released the handsome henfish to spawn again that fall."

  3. 3
    A fish that broods its eggs or fry, especially a lumpsucker or lumpfish (Cyclopteridae).

    "the parental responsibility shouldered by the male lumpfish as he guards his unborn spawn and later his newborn fry has earned the master of the house the rather unlikely name of “henfish.”"

Synonyms

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henspawner

Example

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"It was a fat nineteen-inch female and we released the handsome henfish to spawn again that fall."

Etymology

From hen + fish.

Related phrases

sea bream

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