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blindfish

American

[blahynd-fish] / ˈblaɪndˌfɪʃ /

noun

cavefish.

blindfish British

/ ˈblaɪndˌfɪʃ /

noun

any of various small fishes, esp the cavefish, that have rudimentary or functionless eyes and occur in subterranean streams

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

blindfish

plural
blindfishes

plural

Etymology

Origin of blindfish

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45; blind + fish

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