blobfish

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noun

Psychrolutes marcidus, a fish that inhabits the deep waters off the coasts of the Australian mainland and Tasmania.

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Meanings

nounblobfish (plural blobfishes or blobfish)

plural blobfishes

  1. Psychrolutes marcidus, a fish that inhabits the deep waters off the coasts of the Australian mainland and Tasmania.

Origin

From blob + fish, from its shape.

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Translations

Danish blobfisk
  • blobfiskPsychrolutes marcidus
French blobfish, poisson-blob
  • blobfishPsychrolutes marcidus
  • poisson-blobPsychrolutes marcidus
German Blobfisch
  • BlobfischPsychrolutes marcidus
Japanese ブロブフィッシュ
  • ブロブフィッシュPsychrolutes marcidus
Korean 블롭피쉬
  • 블롭피쉬 (beullop'piswi)Psychrolutes marcidus
Spanish pez borrón, pez gota
  • pez borrónPsychrolutes marcidus
  • pez gotaPsychrolutes marcidus
Cite this entry
APA

blobfish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blobfish

MLA

“blobfish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blobfish. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blobfish,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blobfish.

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