[rib-uh
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) -fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish⋅es. | 1. | any of several marine fishes of the families Trachipteridae, Regalicidae, and Lophotidae, having a long, compressed, ribbonlike body. |
| 2. | any of several related fishes, as the oarfish. |
| 3. | any of several unrelated but similar fishes, as the cutlassfish and jackknife-fish. |
[awr-fish, ohr-] ) -fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish⋅es. | any long, ribbon-shaped, silvery fish of the genus Regalecus, of deep tropical waters, having a red dorsal fin along the spine that rises to a crest, and reaching a length of 30 ft. (9 m). |
| rib·bon·fish (rĭb'ən-fĭsh') n. pl. ribbonfish or rib·bon·fish·es Any of several marine fishes, chiefly of the genus Trachipterus, having long narrow compressed bodies. |