NOUN | animal | lancet fish, lancetfish, wolffish | large elongate scaleless oceanic fishes with sharp teeth and a long dorsal fin that resembles a sail |
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Meaning | large elongate scaleless oceanic fishes with sharp teeth and a long dorsal fin that resembles a sail. | |
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Synonyms | lancetfish, wolffish | |
Member of | Alepisaurus, genus Alepisaurus | slender scaleless predaceous tropical deep-sea fishes |
Broader | soft-finned fish, malacopterygian | Any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii |
Spanish | alepisauridae, lanzón |
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