RIBBONFISH (ribbonfishes)

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Irregular inflected form: ribbonfishes   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does ribbonfish mean? 

• RIBBONFISH (noun)
  The noun RIBBONFISH has 2 senses:

1. thin deep-water tropical fish 20 to 30 feet long having a red dorsal fin

2. marine fish having a long compressed ribbonlike body

  Familiarity information: RIBBONFISH used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RIBBONFISH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Thin deep-water tropical fish 20 to 30 feet long having a red dorsal fin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

king of the herring; oarfish; Regalecus glesne; ribbonfish

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

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

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

genus Regalecus; Reglaecus (type genus of the Regalecidae)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Marine fish having a long compressed ribbonlike body

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

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

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ribbonfish"):

dealfish; Trachipterus arcticus (deep-sea ribbonfish)

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

family Trachipteridae; Trachipteridae (ribbonfishes)