Associations to the word «Jawfish»

Adjective

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Wiktionary

JAWFISH, noun. Any of many marine fish, of the family Opistognathidae, that have large mouths

Dictionary definition

JAWFISH, noun. Small large-mouthed tropical marine fishes common along sandy bottoms; males brood egg balls in their mouths; popular aquarium fishes.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats