Meanings
nounwarmouth (plural warmouths)
plural warmouths
- Lepomis gulosus, a species of freshwater sunfish native to America.
Origin
From war + mouth; the fish has stripes around the mouth that resemble war paint.
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warmouth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/warmouth
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “warmouth,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/warmouth.
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