Definition of Snakefish

1. Noun. Tropical fishes with large mouths in lizard-like heads; found worldwide.

Exact synonyms: Lizardfish, Snake-fish
Generic synonyms: Malacopterygian, Soft-finned Fish
Group relationships: Family Synodontidae, Synodontidae

Definition of Snakefish

1. n. The band fish.

Definition of Snakefish

1. Noun. Any of the several fish that resemble a snake. ¹

2. Noun. ''Trachinocephalus myops'' ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Snakefish

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Medical Definition of Snakefish

1. The band fish. The lizard fish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Snakefish

snake venom
snake venoms
snake wood
snakeberries
snakeberry
snakebird
snakebirds
snakebit
snakebite
snakebite and black
snakebites
snakebitten
snakeblenny
snaked
snakedom
snakefish (current term)
snakefishes
snakeflies
snakefly
snakehead
snakeheads
snakehood
snakeless
snakelet
snakelets
snakelike
snakeling
snakelings
snakemeat
snakeneck

Literary usage of Snakefish

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

1. The Annals of Philosophy by Richard Phillips, E W Brayley (1823)
"... rubescens, red snakefish. "Two specimens of this fish have come into my possession; one of * " Since this paper was read, I have met with the Lesser ..."

2. The Annals of Philosophy by Richard Phillips, E W Brayley (1823)
"... red snakefish, "Two specimens of this fish have come into my possession ; one of his paper was read, I have met with the Lesser Forked Beard of Jago ..."

3. Journal of the North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society by Shanghai Literary and Scientific Society, North-China Branch, China Branch (1877)
"The Chinese Ophiocephalus or snakefish, for the first time discovered by Cantor on the inland of Chusan, has afterwards been observed all over China, ..."

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