paddlefish
/ˈpædəlˌfɪʃ/noun
paddlefish is a noun meaning “Any of several primitive fish, of the family Polyodontidae, that have a long snout shaped like a paddle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled P-A-D-D-L-E-F-I-S-H, and it appears about once in every 32 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of paddlefish is paddlefishes.
What does paddlefish mean?
noun
- 1
Any of several primitive fish, of the family Polyodontidae, that have a long snout shaped like a paddle.
- 2
The American paddlefish.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce paddlefish?
- US /ˈpædəlˌfɪʃ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of paddlefish
- paddlefishes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is paddlefish?
Paddlefish appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 173,967th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Paddlefish in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense fish of the family Polyodontidae:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | poisson-spatule, polydon |
| German | Löffelstör |
| Portuguese | peixe-espátula |
| Spanish | pez espátula |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does paddlefish come from?
From paddle + fish.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).