Fiddlerfishes

/ˈfɪdlərfɪʃɪz/ noun

Definition

Plural of fiddlerfish; multiple fiddler crabs or related marine animals with fiddler-like characteristics.

Etymology

Simply the plural form of 'fiddlerfish,' following standard English pluralization by adding '-es'.

Kelly Says

The existence of a plural form confirms that 'fiddlerfish' was actually used in naturalist texts—people really called these creatures this, and it got into dictionaries as legitimate scientific-adjacent terminology.

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