milkfish

[ milk-fish ]

/ ˈmɪlkˌfɪʃ /

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noun, plural milk·fish·es, (especially collectively) milk·fish.

a herringlike fish, Chanos chanos, of warm ocean waters in southeastern Asia.

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Origin of milkfish

1875–80; milk + fish, so called from its color

Words nearby milkfish

milk cap, milk chocolate, milk cow, milker, milk fever, milkfish, milk float, milk glass, milk gravy, milking machine, milking parlor

How to use milkfish in a sentence

Mau rung panahúna ang bangrus mubagaybay, This is the time the milkfish develops egg fat.
A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan|John U. Wolff
Lamì gab-úlun ang isdang bangus, Milkfish makes good gab-ul.
A Dictionary of Cebuano Visayan|John U. Wolff

British Dictionary definitions for milkfish

milkfish

/ (ˈmɪlkˌfɪʃ) /

noun plural -fish or -fishes

a large silvery tropical clupeoid food and game fish, Chanos chanos: family Chanidae

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