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pad·dle·fish
/
ˈpæd
lˌfɪʃ
/
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[
pad
-l-fish
]
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noun,
plural
pad·dle·fish·es
(
especially collectively
)
pad·dle·fish.
a large ganoid
fish
,
Polyodon spathula,
of the Mississippi River and its larger tributaries, having a long, flat, paddlelike snout.
Origin:
1680–90,
Americanism;
paddle
1
+
fish
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paddlefish
(ˈpæd
ə
lˌfɪʃ)
—
n
,
pl
-fish
,
-fishes
1.
a primitive bony fish,
Polyodon spathula,
of the Mississippi River, having a long paddle-like projection to the snout: family
Polyodontidae
2.
a similar and related Chinese fish,
Psephurus gladius,
of the Yangtze River
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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