noun
large elongate scaleless oceanic fishes with sharp teeth and a long dorsal fin that resembles a sail
• Syn: ↑lancet fish, ↑wolffish
• Hypernyms: ↑soft-finned fish, ↑malacopterygian
• Member Holonyms: ↑Alepisaurus, ↑genus Alepisaurus
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/lan"sit fish', lahn"-/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) lancetfish, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) lancetfishes.
any large, marine fish of the genus Alepisaurus, having daggerlike teeth.
[1830-40; LANCET + FISH]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.