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peixe-piloto

Portuguese, noun

peixe-piloto is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “pilot fish (Naucrates ductor, a fish that follows vessels and sharks)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, peixe-pilôto is a different word: “pre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal)…”.

What does peixe-piloto mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinepilot fish (Naucrates ductor, a fish that follows vessels and sharks)

noun

as peixe-pilôto
  1. 1

    masculinepre-reform spelling (used until 1971 in Brazil and 1945 in Portugal) of peixe-piloto

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of peixe-piloto

  • peixes-piloto plural
  • peixes-pilotos plural
  • peixe-pilôto alternative
  • peixes-pilôto plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).