LANCET FISH

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

lancet fish; lancetfish; wolffish

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Nouns denoting animals

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)

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