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OARFISH

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: oarfishes   

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

king of the herring; oarfish; Regalecus glesne; ribbonfish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

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

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

genus Regalecus; Reglaecus (type genus of the Regalecidae)

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