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snakefish

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snake·fish  (snkfsh)
n. pl. snakefish or snake·fish·es
Any of several fishes having some resemblance to a snake, especially the lizardfish Trachinocephalus myops of the eastern Atlantic and western Pacific.
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Noun1.snakefish - tropical fishes with large mouths in lizard-like heads; found worldwide
lizardfish, snake-fish
malacopterygian, soft-finned fish - any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii
family Synodontidae, Synodontidae - soft-finned bottom-dwelling fishes
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