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单词 paddlefish
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paddlefish

[ pad-l-fish ]
/ ˈpæd lˌfɪʃ /

noun, plural pad·dle·fish·es, (especially collectively) pad·dle·fish.

a large ganoid fish, Polyodon spathula, of the Mississippi River and its larger tributaries, having a long, flat, paddlelike snout.

Origin of paddlefish

An Americanism dating back to 1680–90; paddle1 + fish

Words nearby paddlefish

paddle, paddleball, paddleboard, paddleboat, paddle box, paddlefish, paddle one's own canoe, paddle steamer, paddle tennis, paddle wheel, paddle worm
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Example sentences from the Web for paddlefish

  • Of the former one species is Chinese, and the other is the shovel-nosed spoonbill or paddlefish of the lower Mississippi River.

    Zoology: The Science of Animal Life|Ernest Ingersoll
  • He spoke of it to his friend of the paddlefish investigation.

    The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries|Francis Rolt-Wheeler

British Dictionary definitions for paddlefish

paddlefish
/ (ˈpædəlˌfɪʃ) /

noun plural -fish or -fishes

a primitive bony fish, Polyodon spathula, of the Mississippi River, having a long paddle-like projection to the snout: family Polyodontidae
a similar and related Chinese fish, Psephurus gladius, of the Yangtze River
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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