assfish

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noun

bony-eared assfish, Acanthonus armatus

OriginAncient Greek ἄκανθος →
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Meanings

nounassfish (countable and uncountable, plural assfish or assfishes)

plural assfishes · alternative ass fish · alternative ass-fish

  1. Any of several types of fish:
    1. countableuncountablebony-eared assfish, Acanthonus armatus
    2. countableuncountablecavernous assfish, Porogadus gracilis
    3. countableuncountablerobust assfish, Bassozetus robustus
    4. countableuncountableabyssal assfish, Bassozetus compressus or Bassozetus elongatus

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἄκανθος“acanthus”
  2. Englishassfish

From ass + fish, probably from a mistranslation of onus in the genus name Acanthonus, which is from Ancient Greek ἄκανθος (ákanthos, “acanthus”, literally “prickly flower”) + ὄνος (ónos, “hake”): the latter word can mean either an ass (donkey) or less commonly a type of fish.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with assfish

glassfish
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