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🐟 A fish's mouth 🔧 A notch shape
fishmouth

fishmouth

1 6.7
The open mouth of a fish
  • noun
  • /ˈfɪʃmaʊθ/
: boca de pez
  • The biologist carefully examined the fishmouth to study how the species catches its prey.

Examples

  • A wide fishmouth can help certain fish eat larger food items in their environment.

  • A fishmouth can vary significantly between species.

  • The sculpture featured a large, open fishmouth as its central design element.

  • The fishmouth is designed to capture prey efficiently.

  • The biologist carefully examined the fishmouth to study how the species catches its prey.

  • A wide fishmouth can help certain fish eat larger food items in their environment.

  • A fishmouth can vary significantly between different species of fish.

Synonyms

mouth
vsfishmouth
61 3.1

The place where a river enters the sea or a lake

refers specifically to an aquatic creature's oral opening and distinctive anatomical shape

Surface Forms

fishmouth singular
fishmouths plural

Morphology

fishmouth = fish + mouth (transparent) = fish + mouth

Literal compound referring to the anatomical mouth of a fish; meaning directly follows from the components.

Etymology

Fishmouth is simply the words fish and mouth put together, so it means the 'mouth' of a fish and is used to talk about the fish's open, eating part or any shape that looks like a fish's mouth.