Home › Words › L › leerfishleerfishleerfish means the marine fish Lichia amia.EtymologyPartial calque of Afrikaans leervis, from leer (“leather”) + vis (“fish”).nounThe marine fish Lichia amia.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.leaffish 60% match — A small South American freshwater fish of the family Polycentridae. vs leerfish →seasnail 58% match — The snailfish (family Liparidae). vs leerfish →lutefish 58% match — Any of a family of characiform fish (Citharinidae), including the genera Citharidium (one species), Citharinops (one species), and Citharinus (6 species). vs leerfish →garrick 58% match — Synonym of leerfish. vs leerfish →longear 58% match — Lepomis megalotis, a colourful freshwater sunfish with an elongated opercular flap. vs leerfish →ellops 57% match — A sturgeon or swordfish. vs leerfish →labeonine 57% match — Any fish of the subfamily Labeoninae vs leerfish →witfish 57% match — The ladyfish. vs leerfish →