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.
William Butler Yeats