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flagfish

noun

Etymology

From flag + fish. The red, white and blue stripes and dots are reminiscent of the American flag.

  1. inherited from *peysk-✻ — “fish”
  2. inherited from *fiskaz✻ — “fish”
  3. inherited from *fisk✻
  4. inherited from fisċ — “fish”
  5. inherited from fisch
  6. compounded as flagfish — “flag + fish”

Definitions

  1. A freshwater fish in the family Cyprinodontidae native to Florida, Jordanella floridae,…

    A freshwater fish in the family Cyprinodontidae native to Florida, Jordanella floridae, sometimes kept in aquaria and used in laboratory tests of the biological effects of environmental pollutants.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA