NOUN | animal | wolffish, wolf fish, catfish | large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins |
---|---|---|---|
animal | wolffish, lancetfish, lancet fish | large elongate scaleless oceanic fishes with sharp teeth and a long dorsal fin that resembles a sail |
Meaning | large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins. | |
---|---|---|
Synonyms | wolf fish, catfish | |
Member of | Anarhichas, genus Anarhichas | type genus of the Anarhichadidae |
Broader | blennioid fish, blennioid | elongated mostly scaleless marine fishes with large pectoral fins and reduced pelvic fins |
Spanish | barbo | |
Catalan | barb caní |
Meaning | large elongate scaleless oceanic fishes with sharp teeth and a long dorsal fin that resembles a sail. | |
---|---|---|
Synonyms | lancetfish, lancet fish | |
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 |
©2001-24 · HyperDic hyper-dictionary · Contact