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cutlassfish

or cut·lass fish

[ kuht-luhs-fish ]

noun

, plural (especially collectively) cut·lass·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) cut·lass·fish·es.
  1. any compressed, ribbonlike fish of the genus Trichiurus, having daggerlike teeth.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of cutlassfish1

First recorded in 1880–85; cutlass + fish

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