stripey

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noun

A marine fish found from Australia to Hawaii and Japan, Microcanthus strigosus, which is sometimes kept in aquaria.

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Meanings

adjectivestripey (comparative stripier, superlative stripiest)

comparative stripier · superlative stripiest

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of stripy.
nounstripey (plural stripeys)

plural stripeys

  1. AustraliaA marine fish found from Australia to Hawaii and Japan, Microcanthus strigosus, which is sometimes kept in aquaria.
  2. Any fish in the kyphosid subfamily Microcanthinae.

Origin

From stripe + -y.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

stripey. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stripey

MLA

“stripey.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stripey. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “stripey,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/stripey.

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