LANCET FISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lancet fish mean? 

• LANCET FISH (noun)
  The noun LANCET FISH has 1 sense:

1. large elongate scaleless oceanic fishes with sharp teeth and a long dorsal fin that resembles a sail

  Familiarity information: LANCET FISH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LANCET FISH (noun)

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Meaning:

Large elongate scaleless oceanic fishes with sharp teeth and a long dorsal fin that resembles a sail

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

lancet fish; lancetfish; wolffish

Hypernyms ("lancet fish" is a kind of...):

malacopterygian; soft-finned fish (any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii)

Holonyms ("lancet fish" is a member of...):

Alepisaurus; genus Alepisaurus (slender scaleless predaceous tropical deep-sea fishes)