Bristlemouth

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A member of Gonostomatidae, a family of deep-water marine fish.

    "Predators of the bristlemouth turn out to include dragon fish and fangtooths, denizens of the abyss with daggerlike teeth."

  2. 2
    A member of one of several of the species of oceanic ray-finned fish in genera Argyripnus or Maurolicus in the family Sternoptychidae.

Synonyms

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anglemouthlightfish

Example

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"Predators of the bristlemouth turn out to include dragon fish and fangtooths, denizens of the abyss with daggerlike teeth."

Etymology

From bristle + mouth.

Related phrases

Brauer's bristlemouthBrock's bristlemouthGilbert & Cramer's bristlemouthKobayashi's bristlemouthMueller's bristlemouth (Maurolicus muelleriPower's deep-water bristle-mouth fishReunion bristlemouthbenttooth bristlemouthbicolored bristlemouthblack bristlemouthdeep-water bristlemouthelongated bristlemouth

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