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RIBBONFISH
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Irregular inflected form: ribbonfishes
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Marine fish having a long compressed ribbonlike body
Classified under:
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)
Sense 2
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 ("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)
