noun
elongate compressed somewhat eel-shaped fishes
• Hypernyms: ↑percoid fish, ↑percoid, ↑percoidean
• Member Holonyms: ↑Ophidiidae, ↑family Ophidiidae
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/kusk"eel'/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) cusk-eel, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) cusk-eels.
any of several eellike, marine fishes of the family Ophidiidae, having the ventral fins located under the throat and so modified as to resemble barbels.
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n. a small, eellike fish with a tapering body and fins that form a pointed tail, typically found in deep water. ● Family Ophidiidae: numerous genera
Useful english dictionary. 2012.