Noun: upside-down catfish
| Singular | upside-down catfish |
| Plural | upside-down catfish; upside-down catfishes |
Sample Sentences
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Through the advent of air travel the amazing family of upside-down catfishes has been introduced, and is now providing us with several species of amusing and interesting scavengers. [1963, Derek McInerny, Geoffrey Gerard, “Synodontidæ”, in All About Tropical Fish, new edition, London: George G. Harrap & Co. Ltd, →OCLC, page 359:]
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Upside-down catfish are delightful aquarium pets. They eat any foods offered to them, and they are generally peaceful. [1968, Alan Mark Fletcher, “The Upside-down Catfish”, in Unusual Aquarium Fishes, Philadelphia, Pa.; New York, N.Y.: J. B. Lippincott Company, →LCCN, page 43:]
Nouns inflected like upside-down catfish
saltus,
beta fish,
paleofish,
airbreathing catfish,
black rhinoceros,
torrentfish,
megahertz,
pan fish,
solar plexus,
peltops,
yellow perch,
numb-nuts,
springfish,
pilot fish,
FPS,
janitor fish,
seafish,
parados,
Mediterranean parrotfish,
cockfish, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology