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assfish

The English word “assfish” has 4 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. bony-eared assfish, Acanthonus armatus
  2. cavernous assfish, Porogadus gracilis
  3. robust assfish, Bassozetus robustus
  4. abyssal assfish, Bassozetus compressus or Bassozetus elongatus

Etymology

From ass + fish, probably from a mistranslation of onus in the genus name Acanthonus, which is from Ancient Greek ἄκανθος (ákanthos, “acanthus”, literally “prickly flower”) + ὄνος (ónos, “hake”): the latter word can mean either an ass (donkey) or less commonly a type of fish.

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