Definition of Lancetfish

1. Noun. Large elongate scaleless oceanic fishes with sharp teeth and a long dorsal fin that resembles a sail.

Exact synonyms: Lancet Fish, Wolffish
Generic synonyms: Malacopterygian, Soft-finned Fish
Group relationships: Alepisaurus, Genus Alepisaurus

Definition of Lancetfish

1. Noun. A voracious deep-sea fish in the genus ''Alepidosaurus'', having long, lancet-like teeth. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lancetfish

lanceolar
lanceolate
lanceolate leaf
lanceolate spleenwort
lanceolated
lancepesade
lancepesades
lancer
lancers
lances
lancet
lancet arch
lancet fish
lancet window
lanceted
lancetfish (current term)
lancetfishes
lanceth
lancets
lancewood
lancewood tree
lancewoods
lanch
lanched
lanches
lanching
lanciers
lanciform
lancinate
lancinated

Literary usage of Lancetfish

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Smell, Taste, and Allied Senses in the Vertebrates by George Howard Parker (1922)
"He likewise found that the skin of the goosefish Lophius and of the lancetfish Amphi- oxus were also generally open to chemical stimulation. ..."

2. Technology Quarterly and Proceedings of the Society of Arts by Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Society of Arts (1892)
"If we go down to the lowest ver-' tebrate known, the amphioxus, or lancetfish, we find a brain that is scarcely larger than the spinal cord, ..."

3. The New General and Mining Telegraph Code by Charles Algernon Moreing, Thomas Neal (1907)
"Are limiting our operations to lancetfish Limit operation to those workings (only) Lancewood By limiting the operations ..."

4. Dictionary and Grammar of the Chamorro Language of the Island of Guam by Edward Ritter von Preissig, United States Navy Dept (1918)
"local name of a spotted lancetfish; body elevated, compressed, short; brownish speckled with round white dots; two bluish-white cross- bands on the body and ..."

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