Home › Words › N › nurseryfishnurseryfishnurseryfish means any of the fish in the family Kurtidae that carry their egg clusters on hooks protruding from the foreheads of the males.EtymologyFrom nursery + fish.nounAny of the fish in the family Kurtidae that carry their egg clusters on hooks protruding from the foreheads of the males.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.caulophrynid 57% match — Any fish in the family Caulophrynidae of fanfins or hairy anglerfish. vs nurseryfish →antennariid 56% match — Any fish in the family Antennariidae, the frogfish. vs nurseryfish →chironemid 56% match — Any fish in the family Chironemidae; a kelpfish. vs nurseryfish →aphredoderid 56% match — Any fish in the family Aphredoderidae, the pirate perches. vs nurseryfish →callorhinchid 56% match — Any fish in the family Callorhinchidae. vs nurseryfish →gymnurid 56% match — Any fish in the family Gymnuridae. vs nurseryfish →coralfish 55% match — Certain fish of the butterflyfish family (Chaetodontidae spp.). vs nurseryfish →brotula 55% match — Any of a family of ophidiiform fishes, of the taxonomic family Bythitidae, that bear live young. vs nurseryfish →