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Noun

1. 1
   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.
2. 2
   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.
3. 3
   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.
4. 4
   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.
5. 5
   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. Guyana

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6. 6
   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
7. 7
   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. Africa, East
8. 8
   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.
9. 9
   A sea cucumber of the Indian Ocean (Bohadschia atra).

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trahira

Etymology

From tiger + fish.

Related phrases

African tigerfishelongate tigerfishjarbua terapon

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