bannerfish

English

Etymology

banner +‎ fish

Noun

bannerfish (plural bannerfishes or bannerfish)

  1. A large fish of the genus Istiophorus, of the swordfish family, with a broad banner-like dorsal fin; the sailfish.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for bannerfish in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

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