lancetfish
Lanzenfisch
A voracious deep-sea fish in the genus Alepisaurus, having long, lancet-like teethA voracious deep-sea fish in the genus Alepisaurus, having long, lancet-like teeth.
Meaning
1 sensesA voracious deep-sea fish in the genus Alepisaurus, having long, lancet-like teeth.
Lanzenfisch
More definitions
- large elongate scaleless oceanic fishes with sharp teeth and a long dorsal fin that resembles a sail
Translations
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By meaning 1
deep-sea fish:
Origin
From lancet + fish.From lancet + fish.
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Forms
plural: lancetfish / lancetfishes| Singular | lancetfish |
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| Plural | lancetfish / lancetfishes |
regular
Synonyms
2 synonymsClose in meaning
- large elongate scaleless oceanic fishes with sharp teeth and a long dorsal fin that resembles a sail:lancet fishwolffish
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedlongnose lancetfish
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular