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ALLIGATORFISH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does alligatorfish mean?
• ALLIGATORFISH (noun)
The noun ALLIGATORFISH has 1 sense:
1. small very elongate sea poachers
Familiarity information: ALLIGATORFISH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small very elongate sea poachers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
alligatorfish; Aspidophoroides monopterygius
Hypernyms ("alligatorfish" is a kind of...):
poacher; sea poacher; sea poker (small slender fish (to 8 inches) with body covered by bony plates; chiefly of deeper northern Pacific waters)
Holonyms ("alligatorfish" is a member of...):
Aspidophoroides; genus Aspidophoroides (alligatorfishes)
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