lancet fish

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lancet fish

n
(Animals) either of two deep-sea teleost fishes, Alepisaurus ferox or A. borealis, having a long body with a long sail-like dorsal fin: family Alepisauridae
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Noun1.lancet fish - large elongate scaleless oceanic fishes with sharp teeth and a long dorsal fin that resembles a sail
lancetfish, wolffish
malacopterygian, soft-finned fish - any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii
Alepisaurus, genus Alepisaurus - slender scaleless predaceous tropical deep-sea fishes
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