nurseryfish

N1U1R1S1E1R1Y4F4I1S1H4

noun

Any of the fish in the family Kurtidae that carry their egg clusters on hooks protruding from the foreheads of the males.

Scrabble 20
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounnurseryfish (plural nurseryfishes or nurseryfish)

plural nurseryfishes

  1. Any of the fish in the family Kurtidae that carry their egg clusters on hooks protruding from the foreheads of the males.

Origin

From nursery + fish.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

nurseryfish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nurseryfish

MLA

“nurseryfish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nurseryfish. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “nurseryfish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nurseryfish.

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