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Meaning of handfish | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Any of the anglerfishes of the family Brachionichthyidae, which can "walk" on the sea floor using their pectoral fins.

Examples

“An astonishing exception, however, is a single fossil of a handfish, so-named because they ʻwalkʼ on fin-like hands.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

handflare handflower Handford Handford device handform Handforth