GHOSTFISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ghostfish mean? 

• GHOSTFISH (noun)
  The noun GHOSTFISH has 1 sense:

1. eellike Atlantic bottom fish with large almost vertical mouth

  Familiarity information: GHOSTFISH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GHOSTFISH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Eellike Atlantic bottom fish with large almost vertical mouth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Cryptacanthodes maculatus; ghostfish; wrymouth

Hypernyms ("ghostfish" is a kind of...):

blennioid; blennioid fish (elongated mostly scaleless marine fishes with large pectoral fins and reduced pelvic fins)

Holonyms ("ghostfish" is a member of...):

Cryptacanthodes; genus Cryptacanthodes (a genus of Stichaeidae)