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noun
A voracious deep-sea fish in the genus Alepisaurus, having long, lancet-like teeth.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
large elongate scaleless oceanic fishes with sharp teeth and a long dorsal fin that resembles a sail
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: lancet fish, wolffish
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: soft-finned fish, malacopterygian
History
From lancet + fish.
Across languages
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