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PRONUNCIATION OF FROSTFISH

frostfish  [ˈfrɒstˌfɪʃ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FROSTFISH

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Frostfish is a noun.
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WHAT DOES FROSTFISH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

frostfish

Cutlassfish

The cutlassfishes are about 40 species of predatory fish in the family Trichiuridae found in seas throughout the world. Fish of this family are long, slender, and generally steely blue or silver in colour, giving rise to their name. They have reduced or absent pelvic and caudal fins, giving them an eel-like appearance, and large fang-like teeth. Some of the species are known as scabbardfishes or hairtails or Walla Walla; others are called frostfishes because they appear in late autumn and early winter, around the time of the first frosts.

Definition of frostfish in the English dictionary

The definition of frostfish in the dictionary is the tomcod, found in North American coastal waters in frosty weather. Other definition of frostfish is the ribbonfish, found in waters around New Zealand and Southern Australia in frosty weather, also known as the scabbard-fish.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FROSTFISH


baitfish
ˈbeɪtˌfɪʃ
batfish
ˈbætˌfɪʃ
blowfish
ˈbləʊˌfɪʃ
catfish
ˈkætˌfɪʃ
crawfish
ˈkrɔːˌfɪʃ
dealfish
ˈdiːlˌfɪʃ
flatfish
ˈflætˌfɪʃ
goatfish
ˈɡəʊtˌfɪʃ
goldfish
ˈɡəʊldˌfɪʃ
jellyfish
ˈdʒɛlɪˌfɪʃ
parrotfish
ˈpærətˌfɪʃ
rabbitfish
ˈræbɪtˌfɪʃ
ratfish
ˈrætˌfɪʃ
sailfish
ˈseɪlˌfɪʃ
sheatfish
ˈʃiːtˌfɪʃ
shellfish
ˈʃɛlˌfɪʃ
starfish
ˈstɑːˌfɪʃ
sweetfish
ˈswiːtˌfɪʃ
swordfish
ˈsɔːdˌfɪʃ
whitefish
ˈwaɪtˌfɪʃ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FROSTFISH

frost heaving
frost hollow
frost line
frost stud
frost-free
frostbite
frostbitten
frostbound
frosted
frosted glass
frostier
frostiest
frostily
frostiness
frosting
frostless
frostlike
frostnip
frostwork
frosty

WORDS THAT END LIKE FROSTFISH

big fish
drink like a fish
elfish
finfish
fish
flowerhorn fish
flying fish
kettle of fish
needlefish
oafish
outfish
river fish
saltfish
selfish
stockfish
sunfish
triggerfish
unselfish
wolfish
zebrafish

Synonyms and antonyms of frostfish in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «frostfish» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FROSTFISH

Find out the translation of frostfish to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of frostfish from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «frostfish» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

frostfish
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

frostfish
570 millions of speakers

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frostfish
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

frostfish
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

frostfish
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

frostfish
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

frostfish
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

frostfish
260 millions of speakers

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frostfish
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Beku
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

frostfish
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

frostfish
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

frostfish
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Frostfish
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

frostfish
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

frostfish
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फ्रॉस्टफिश
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

frostfish
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

frostfish
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

frostfish
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

frostfish
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

frostfish
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Σπαθόψαρο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

frostfish
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

frostfish
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

frostfish
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of frostfish

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FROSTFISH»

The term «frostfish» is used very little and occupies the 192.210 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FROSTFISH» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about frostfish

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FROSTFISH»

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Baseline Studies of Biodiversity: The Fish Resources of ...
Cantor 1 849 M Benthodesmus macrophthalmus Bigeye frostfish, (M), Ref. 6181. Max. 50 cm SL. to Parin & Becker 1970 Uranoscopus kaianus Kai: Benthodesmus neglectus Neglected frostfish, (M), Ref. 6181. Max. 23 cm SL. Günther 1880 Bl ...
Daniel Pauly, Purwito Martosubroto, 1996
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Transactions of the Literary and Philosophical Society of ...
The reasons of this opinion are, 1. That the frost- fish is said to be smaller ; 2. That in the frostfish the first ray of the ventral fin is the longest, whereas, in the torn cod, the second ray is the longest ; and, 3. In the frostfish there are five, six, or more ...
Literary and Philosophical Society of New-York (New York, N.Y.), 1815
3
The Oxford Companion to Food
... content (as in certain sauces and some stuffings for potatoes and other vegetables). Versions which are either unsalted or so lightly salted as not to be noticed are best for sweet dishes. frostfish. See scabbard fish. frosting. See icing. fructose.
Alan Davidson, Tom Jaine, 2014
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Coastal Fishes of Southern Africa
Frostfish. Body extremely long (depth 10-50 times in SL) and laterally compressed like a ribbon; scales absent; mouth large, upper jaw not protrusile, lower jaw projecting; jaws with large compressed sharp teeth, those at front of upper jaw ...
Phillip C. Heemstra, 2004
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Journal of Ichthyology
6 — 42. 5 times in standard length. The English name frostfish defines the coloration of this fish well. The body, which has no scales, is covered in a silvery layer of guanine with a darkish hue in live fish, diminishing slightly if the fish is injured.
‎1978
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A treasury of New Zealand fishes
FROSTFISH- PARA CHAPTER 98 BARRACOUTA (MANGA) Leionura atun dentatus (Bloch and Schneider). After McCulloch. to the tail, and which contains one hundred spines, all of which are of equal length. There is an exceptionally small, ...
David H. Graham, 1956
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Report
Waters of New York State Containing Adirondack Frostfish. All of our great fresh- water lakes contain the frostfish. In Lake Ontario they are caught mostly on the Canada side, there called the Greyback whitefish; in the upper great lakes they are ...
New York (State). Commissioners of Fisheries, 1895
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Long Island Forum
He stamped his memory upon me by teaching me to make a frostfish spear from pieces of telegraph wire, inserted fanlike in the en of a light pole. With it I could catch ten frostfish to any other boy's one, just as the great man had promised I ...
‎1958
9
Documents of the Assembly of the State of New York
Frostfish, Nov. 13 to 25. From Hoel Pond (Nov. 18 to 25) ; Big Clear Pond (Nov. 13 to 17). Fulton Chain Hatchery: Brook trout, Oct. 9 to 23. Lake trout, Oct. 24 to Nov. 11. Whitefish, Nov. 5 to 13. Frostfish, Nov. 10 to 24. Pleasant Valley Hatchery ...
New York (State). Legislature. Assembly, 1914
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Environmental History of the Hudson River: Human Uses that ...
frostfish (Microgadus tomcod), 29table, 30 frostfish (tomcod) (Microgadus tomcod ), 29table, 30, 263, 265, 266, 267table fruits, 88–94, 101, 142, 178. See also specificfruits FSS surveys, 264figure Fuchs, L., 97, 105, 106, 107, 109 fuel, 10figure, ...
Robert E. Henshaw, 2011

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FROSTFISH»

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Remapping of federal waters off New England moving forward
... 30,695 Cusk: 303,520 Eels: 305,050 Flounders: 333,081 Frostfish (Tomcod): 147,160 Haddock: 2,011,617 Hake: 13,655,005 Halibut: 96,554 ... «Press Herald, Jun 14»
2
'Monster' fish washes up on Rabbit Island
Frostfish got their name because they tended to be found on frosty mornings when the temperature dropped and they came to shore, he said. «Stuff.co.nz, Jul 13»
3
Washed up on Caroline Bay
At first glance the frostfish appears to be a thin-looking barracouta, but is much thinner than the barracouta, having a more laterally compressed ... «Timaru Herald, Jul 12»
4
Wildfoods - February 2011
... elephant fish, flounder, frostfish, gemfish, kahawai, kina, maomao, marlin, parore, paua, piper, red cod, red snapper, salmon, stingray, tarakihi ... «Stuff.co.nz, Feb 11»

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