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blobfish

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

Psychrolutes marcidus, a fish that inhabits the deep waters off the coasts of the Australian mainland and Tasmania.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

From blob + fish, from its shape.

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Translations

9 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Danish: blobfisk — Psychrolutes marcidus
  • French: blobfish — Psychrolutes marcidus
  • French: poisson-blob — Psychrolutes marcidus
  • German: Blobfisch — Psychrolutes marcidus
  • Greenlandic: blobfiski — Psychrolutes marcidus
  • Japanese: ブロブフィッシュ — Psychrolutes marcidus
  • Korean: 블롭피쉬 (beullop'piswi) — Psychrolutes marcidus
  • Spanish: pez borrón — Psychrolutes marcidus
  • Spanish: pez gota — Psychrolutes marcidus