noun
1. large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins
• Hypernyms: ↑blennioid fish, ↑blennioid
• Member Holonyms: ↑Anarhichas, ↑genus Anarhichas
2. large elongate scaleless oceanic fishes with sharp teeth and a long dorsal fin that resembles a sail
• Syn: ↑lancetfish, ↑lancet fish
• Hypernyms: ↑soft-finned fish, ↑malacopterygian
• Member Holonyms: ↑Alepisaurus, ↑genus Alepisaurus
Useful english dictionary. 2012.