Associations to the word «Threadfish»
Wiktionary
THREADFISH, noun. The cutlassfish.
THREADFISH, noun. A carangoid fish (Caranx gallus or Caranx crinitus) having the anterior rays of the soft dorsal and anal fins prolonged in the form of long threads.
Dictionary definition
THREADFISH, noun. Fish having greatly elongated front rays on dorsal and anal fins.
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.