[frawst-fish, frost-] 
) -fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish⋅es. | 1. | either of two North American fishes, the tomcod of the Atlantic Ocean or the round whitefish, that appear when frost sets in. |
| 2. | cutlassfish. |
[kuht-luhs-fish] ) -fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish⋅es. | any compressed, ribbonlike fish of the genus Trichiurus, having daggerlike teeth. |
| frost fish | |
noun | |
| long-bodied marine fishes having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp teeth; closely related to snake mackerel [syn: cutlassfish] |