spoutfish

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noun

Any of a number of marine animals that spout water; especially certain bivalve mollusks that squirt out water when retiring into their holes, for example, the thick shelled river mussel (Unio crassus).

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Meanings

nounspoutfish (plural spoutfishes or spoutfish)

plural spoutfishes

  1. Any of a number of marine animals that spout water; especially certain bivalve mollusks that squirt out water when retiring into their holes, for example, the thick shelled river mussel (Unio crassus).

Origin

From spout + fish.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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