paddlefish

English

Illustration of an American paddlefish, Polyodon spathula

Etymology

paddle +‎ fish

Noun

paddlefish (plural paddlefishes or paddlefish)

1. Any of several primitive fish, of the family Polyodontidae, that have a long snout shaped like a paddle.

Derived terms

• American paddlefish
• Chinese paddlefish
• sturddlefish

Translations

fish of the family Polyodontidae

• Bulgarian: веслонос m (veslonos)
• Catalan: peix espàtula m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 匙吻鱘／匙吻鲟 (chíwěnxún) (American paddlefish), 白鱘／白鲟 (báixún) (Chinese paddlefish)

• Dutch: lepelsteur (nl) m
• Finnish: miekkasampi (Psephurus gladius), lapasampi (Polyodon spathula)
• French: poisson-spatule (fr) m, polydon m
• German: Löffelstör m
• Hungarian: kanalastok
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Navajo: chį́į́hʼadeeʼii
• Polish: wiosłonos m
• Portuguese: peixe-espátula m
• Russian: веслоно́с (ru) m (veslonós)
• Spanish: pez espátula m