paddlefish

English

Illustration of an American paddlefish, Polyodon spathula

Etymology

paddle + fish

Noun

paddlefish (plural paddlefishes or paddlefish)

  1. Any of several primitive fish, of the family Polyodontidae, that have a long snout shaped like a paddle.

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