Oarfish

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A large, greatly elongated, type of fish of the family Regalecidae.

    "For the second time this year an oarfish, a rarely seen deep sea fish that has historically been considered a harbinger of doom, washed up on the California coastline."

  2. 2
    thin deep-water tropical fish 20 to 30 feet long having a red dorsal fin wordnet

Synonyms

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doomsday fishking of herringking of the herringregalecus glesneribbonfish

Example

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"A marine science instructor snorkelling off the southern coast of California this week discovered the carcass of a rare deep sea oarfish, one of the longest fish in the world."

Etymology

From oar + fish.

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giant oarfishking of herrings

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