Meaning

3 senses
  1. Any of the fish in the family Aulostomidae family of tube-shaped fish.

  2. Any of the fish in the family Aulostomidae family of tube-shaped fish.

    Especially Aulostomus maculatus.

  3. A longspine snipefish, Macroramphosus scolopax.

More definitions
  • tropical Atlantic fish with a long snout; swims snout down

Origin

From trumpet + fish.

From trumpet + fish.

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Forms

plural: trumpetfish / trumpetfishes
Singulartrumpetfish
Pluraltrumpetfish / trumpetfishes

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Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • tropical Atlantic fish with a long snout; swims snout down:Aulostomus maculatus

Word family

1 related words
Relatedcornetfish

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