paddlefish

«paddlefish» in Mova's school dictionary: a large freshwater fish with a long, flat, paddle-shaped… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a paddlefish, paddlefish)

meaning for a pupil

A paddlefish is a large freshwater fish with a long, flat, paddle-shaped snout, found in the rivers of the USA. tree →

sense in the lessons

Met in science lessons about river animals and endangered species; very old fish families.

examples

• The paddlefish has a long snout like a paddle. tree →
• Paddlefish live in the Mississippi River. tree →
• Paddlefish eat tiny animals called plankton. tree →
• The paddlefish is an ancient kind of fish. tree →
• Its snout helps the paddlefish sense food. tree →
• The Chinese paddlefish is now extinct. tree →

note

Plural: paddlefish (the same) or paddlefishes. One word. The snout is called a «rostrum».

In the corpora

• Nets, electric fishing and dams did the rest, and the giant Chinese paddlefish was lost too.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «paddlefish» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.