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Definition of Threadfish
1. Noun. Fish having greatly elongated front rays on dorsal and anal fins.
Generic synonyms: Jack
Group relationships: Alectis, Genus Alectis
Definition of Threadfish
1. n. The cutlass fish.
Definition of Threadfish
1. Noun. The cutlassfish. ¹
2. Noun. A carangoid fish (''Caranx gallus'' or ''Caranx crinitus'') having the anterior rays of the soft dorsal and anal fins prolonged in the form of long threads. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Threadfish
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Literary usage of Threadfish
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1. American Food and Game Fishes: A Popular Account of All the Species Found in by David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann (1902)
"... toral with irregular black blotches, the filaments white; ventrals dark, paler
on margins. The threadfish (P. ..."
2. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"In Alectis ciliaris, the cobbler-fish, or threadfish, the armature of the tail
is very slight and each fin has some of its rays drawn out into long threads. ..."
3. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"In Alectis ciliaris, the cobbler-fish, or threadfish, the armature of the tail
is very slight and each fin has some of its rays drawn out into long threads. ..."
4. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"In Alectis ciliaris, the cobbler-fish, or threadfish, the armature of the tail
is very slight and each fin has some of its rays drawn out into long threads. ..."
5. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"They are voracious fishes of the high seas, principally confined to the tropics
and growing to a considerable length. Compare CUTLASS-FISH ; threadfish. ..."
6. Final Report by New Jersey Geological Survey (1890)
"threadfish, to list of forms occasional in our region. Body very ovate; scales
very small; scutes feeble. Length, 2 feet. Page 716. ..."
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