leaf fish

noun

: a small brown nandid fish (Monocirrhus polyacanthus) of tropical South American freshwaters

Word History

Etymology

so called from its resemblance to a floating dead leaf

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Rhymes for leaf fish

• bluefish
• catfish
• codfish
• crawfish
• dogfish
• finfish
• flatfish
• goldfish
• groundfish
• kingfish
• offish
• redfish