lancetfish

2 definitions found

lancetfish - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  lancetfish \lan"cet*fish`\, lancet fish \lan"cet fish`\n.
     (Zool.)
     A large, elongated, scaleless, voracious, deep-sea fish
     (Alepidosaurus ferox), having long, sharp, lancetlike teeth
     and a long saillike dorsal fin. [WordNet sense 1]
  
     Syn: lancet fish, wolffish.
          [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. The doctor, or surgeon fish.
        [1913 Webster]

lancetfish - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  lancetfish
      n 1: large elongate scaleless oceanic fishes with sharp teeth
           and a long dorsal fin that resembles a sail [syn:
           lancetfish, lancet fish, wolffish]