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OILFISH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does oilfish mean?
• OILFISH (noun)
The noun OILFISH has 1 sense:
1. very large deep-water snake mackerel
Familiarity information: OILFISH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Very large deep-water snake mackerel
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
oilfish; Ruvettus pretiosus
Hypernyms ("oilfish" is a kind of...):
gempylid (snake mackerels; elongated marine fishes with oily flesh; resembles mackerels; found worldwide)
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