Home › Words › B › blindfishblindfishblindfish means any of various fish, having only rudimentary eyes, that inhabit underground waters.EtymologyFrom blind + fish.nounAny of various fish, having only rudimentary eyes, that inhabit underground waters.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.cavefish 77% match — Any of various fish, typically blind and lacking pigment, that inhabit subterranean waters. vs blindfish →blindcat 74% match — Any of various North American freshwater catfishes (Ictaluridae spp.), living in underground waters in Texas and Mexico, lacking externally visible eyes. vs blindfish →troglobite 63% match — An animal that normally lives entirely in the dark parts of caves, often with no functioning eyes or no pigmentation. vs blindfish →blindish 62% match — As if blind; characteristic of blindness. vs blindfish →amblyopsid 62% match — Any fish in the family Amblyopsidae: several species of North American cavefish, and the swampfish or ricefish. vs blindfish →tubfish 59% match — A fish of species Chelidonichthys lucerna. vs blindfish →cryptobranchiate 58% match — Having concealed, retractile or rudimentary gills, such as the axolotl. vs blindfish →springfish 57% match — Any of the fish in the goodeid genus Crenichthys. vs blindfish →