icefish

I1C3E1F4I1S1H4

noun

Any member of notothenioid family Channichthyidae; these Antarctic fishes are named for the lack of hemoglobin in their blood

Scrabble 15
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounicefish (plural icefishes or icefish)

plural icefishes

  1. Any member of notothenioid family Channichthyidae; these Antarctic fishes are named for the lack of hemoglobin in their blood
  2. The noodlefish (family Salangidae in order Osmeriformes).
verbicefish (third-person singular simple present icefishes, present participle icefishing, simple past and past participle icefished)

present singular third person icefishes · participle present icefishing · participle past icefished · past icefished

  1. alternativeAlternative form of ice fish.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
noodlefishpatagonian toothfish

Origin

From ice + fish.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

Source: icefish on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.