bristlemouth
bristlemouth · bristlemouths
A member of Gonostomatidae, a family of deep-water marine fishA member of Gonostomatidae, a family of deep-water marine fish.
Meaning
2 sensesA member of Gonostomatidae, a family of deep-water marine fish.
A member of one of several of the species of oceanic ray-finned fish in genera Argyripnus or Maurolicus in the family Sternoptychidae.
Origin
From bristle + mouth.From bristle + mouth.
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Forms
plural: bristlemouths| Singular | bristlemouth |
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| Plural | bristlemouths |
regular
Synonyms
2 synonymsmember of Gonostomatidae:lightfishanglemouth