paddlefish

English

Illustration of an American paddlefish, Polyodon spathula

Etymology

paddle +‎ fish

Noun

paddlefish (plural paddlefishes or paddlefish)

Any of several primitive fish, of the family Polyodontidae, that have a long snout shaped like a paddle.

Derived terms

Translations

fish of the family Polyodontidae

Chinese:
Mandarin: 匙吻鱘, 匙吻鲟 (chíwěnxún) (American paddlefish), 白鱘, 白鲟 (báixún) (Chinese paddlefish)
Dutch: lepelsteur (nl) m
Finnish: miekkasampi (Psephurus gladius), lapasampi (Polyodon spathula)
French: poisson-spatule (fr) m, polydon m
German: Löffelstör m
Hungarian: kanalastok

Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Navajo: chį́į́hʼadeeʼii
Polish: wiosłonos m
Portuguese: peixe-espátula m
Russian: веслоно́с (ru) m (veslonós)
Spanish: pez espátula m

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