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cutlassfishes

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cut⋅lass⋅fish

[kuht-luhs-fish]
–noun, plural (especially collectively) -fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish⋅es.
any compressed, ribbonlike fish of the genus Trichiurus, having daggerlike teeth.
Also, cutlass fish.
Also called frostfish.


Origin:
1880–85; cutlass + fish
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