Definition of Lancet fish

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lancet fish
Noun
1. large elongate scaleless oceanic fishes with sharp teeth and a long sail-like dorsal fin
(synonym) lancetfish, wolffish
(hypernym) soft-finned fish, malacopterygian
(member-holonym) Alepisaurus, genus Alepisaurus

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Lancet fish Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries

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lancet fish
lancet fish
n : large elongate scaleless oceanic fishes with sharp teeth and a long sail-like dorsal fin [syn: lancetfish, wolffish]




Lancet fish Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries

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Lancetfish
For the United States Navy submarine, see USS Lancetfish (SS-296)
Lancetfishes are large oceanic predatory fishes in the genus Alepisaurus ("Scaleless lizard"), the only genus in the family Alepisauridae.

They grow up to two metres long. Very little is known about their biology, even though they are widely distributed in all oceans, except the polar seas. Specimens have been recorded as far north as Greenland. They are often caught as by-catch for vessels long-lining for tuna.

The generic name is from Greek a- meaning "without", lepis meanig "scale", and sauros meaning "lizard".


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