rib·bon·fish (r b  n-fsh )n. pl. ribbonfish or rib·bon·fish·es Any of several marine fishes, chiefly of the genus Trachipterus, having long narrow compressed bodies. |
ribbonfish [ˈrɪbənˌfɪʃ]
n pl -fish, -fishes
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various soft-finned deep-sea teleost fishes, esp Regalecus glesne (see oarfish), that have an elongated compressed body. They are related to the opah and dealfishes
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| Noun | 1. |  ribbonfish - thin deep-water tropical fish 20 to 30 feet long having a red dorsal finmalacopterygian, soft-finned fish - any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii genus Regalecus, Reglaecus - type genus of the Regalecidae |
| 2. | ribbonfish - marine fish having a long compressed ribbonlike body malacopterygian, soft-finned fish - any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii family Trachipteridae, Trachipteridae - ribbonfishes dealfish, Trachipterus arcticus - deep-sea ribbonfish |
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