FROSTFISH

Definition: FROSTFISH

FROSTFISH

Noun

1. A name applied in New Zealand to the scabbard fish (Lepidotus) valued as a food fish.

2. The smelt.

3. The tomcod; -- so called because it is abundant on the New England coast in autumn at about the commencement of frost. See Tomcod.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Crosswords: FROSTFISH

Danish

strømpebåndsfisk (scabbard fish, scabbardfish, silver scabbardfish), kårdefisk (scabbard fish, scabbardfish, silver scabbardfish). (various references)

Dutch

zilverbandvis (scabbard fish, scabbardfish, silver scabbardfish), Pacifische bandvis (scabbard fish, scabbardfish, silver scabbardfish), kousebandvis (scabbard fish, scabbardfish, silver scabbardfish), ijsvis (Antarctic icefish, mackerel icefish, scabbard fish, scabbardfish, silver scabbardfish), botersnoek (scabbard fish, scabbardfish, silver scabbardfish). (various references)

Finnish

hopeakuore (scabbard fish, scabbardfish, silver scabbardfish). (various references)

French

sabre du Pacifique, sabre argenté, lépidope argenté, jarretière, coutelas, bonnat, argentin. (various references)

German

Strumpfbandfisch (scabbard fish, scabbardfish, silver scabbardfish), Goldlachs (Atlantic argentine, deepsea smelt, great silver smelt, herring smelt, Pacific argentine, scabbard fish, scabbardfish, silver scabbardfish, smelt), Glasauge (glass eye, walleye), Degenfisch (scabbard fish, scabbardfish, silver scabbardfish). (various references)

Italian

pesce sciabola del Pacifico (scabbard fish, scabbardfish, silver scabbardfish), pesce sciabola (scabbard fish, scabbardfish, silver scabbardfish). (various references)

Pig Latin

ostfishfray.(various references)

Portuguese

peixe-espada do Pacífico (scabbard fish, scabbardfish, silver scabbardfish), peixe-espada (scabbard fish, scabbardfish, silver scabbardfish). (various references)

Spanish

sable (backsword, broadsword, saber, sable, sabre), pez sable del Pacifico (scabbard fish, scabbardfish, silver scabbardfish), pez sable (scabbard fish, scabbardfish, silver scabbardfish), pez de plata (Pacific argentine, scabbard fish, scabbardfish, silver scabbardfish), pez cinto (scabbard fish, scabbardfish, silver scabbardfish), pejerrey (Atlantic argentine, Boyer's sandsmelt, Caspian sandsmelt, great silver smelt, herring smelt, Pacific argentine, scabbard fish, scabbardfish, silver scabbardfish, small sandsmelt, smelt), lepípodo (scabbard fish, scabbardfish, silver scabbardfish), espada (blade, falchion, matador, picklock, sword, swordsman), aguja paladar (scabbard fish, scabbardfish, silver scabbardfish). (various references)

Lepidopus caudatus (Euphrasen,1788), Lepidopus xantusi (Goode and Bean,1895). (various references)

Misspellings

"FROSTFISH" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Forstich. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: shrifts, shroffs, soffits, softish.

-3 letters: fifths, firsts, firths, foists, fortis, friths, frosts, froths, hoists, horsts, offish, shifts, shirts, shorts, shrift, shroff, soffit, stiffs, tsoris.

-4 letters: fifth, first, firth, fists, foist, forth, forts, frith, frits, frosh, frost, froth, hists, hoist, horst, hosts, riffs, rifts, riots, rotis, shift, shirt, shist, short, shots, shris, sifts, softs.