Meaning of henfish | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A marine fish, the sea bream.
2. A female fish, especially a salmon or trout.
3. A fish that broods its eggs or fry, especially a lumpsucker or lumpfish (Cyclopteridae).

Examples

“It was a fat nineteen-inch female and we released the handsome henfish to spawn again that fall⟳.”

“Spawning fish⟳ on the redds. A henfish will often be attended by two or three cockfish – whilst displaying ritual combat between themselves, one cock will mate, others may follow⟳ [image caption]”

“the parental responsibility shouldered by the male lumpfish as he guards his unborn spawn and later his newborn fry has earned the master of the house the rather unlikely name⟳ of “henfish.””

“the lumpsucker gets its name⟳ from the sucker on the underside of its body. It is also called the henfish because of the devotion with which the male fish⟳ guards the eggs.”

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