HyperDic: cutlassfish

English > 1 sense of the word cutlassfish:
NOUNanimalcutlassfish, frost fish, hairtaillong-bodied marine fishes having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp teeth
English > cutlassfish: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaninglong-bodied marine fishes having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp teeth; closely related to snake mackerel.
Synonymsfrost fish, hairtail
Member ofTrichiuridae, family Trichiuridaecutlassfishes
Broaderpercoid fish, percoid, percoideanAny of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
Catalantrichiúrids, triquiúrid

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