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noun, plural ( especially collectively ) rib·bon·fish ( especially referring to two or more kinds or species ) rib·bon·fish·es.

any of several marine fishes of the families Trachipteridae, Regalicidae, and Lophotidae, having a long, compressed, ribbonlike body.

any of several related fishes, as the oarfish.

any of several unrelated but similar fishes, as the cutlassfish and jackknife-fish.

Also called snakefish.

Origin:
1785–95; ribbon + fish

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ribbonfish (ˈrɪb^ənˌfɪʃ)

—n , pl -fish, -fishes
	any of various soft-finned deep-sea teleost fishes, esp Regalecus glesne (see oarfish), that have an elongated compressed body. They are related to the opah and dealfishes

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