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thread⋅fish

[thred-fish]
–noun, plural (especially collectively) -fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) -fish⋅es.
any of several jacks of the genus Alectis, esp. A. ciliaris, having the front rays of the dorsal and anal fins greatly elongated.

Origin:
1835–45; thread + fish
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