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CUSK-EEL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cusk-eel mean?
• CUSK-EEL (noun)
The noun CUSK-EEL has 1 sense:
1. elongate compressed somewhat eel-shaped fishes
Familiarity information: CUSK-EEL used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Elongate compressed somewhat eel-shaped fishes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("cusk-eel" is a kind of...):
percoid; percoid fish; percoidean (any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes)
Holonyms ("cusk-eel" is a member of...):
family Ophidiidae; Ophidiidae (eellike marine fishes)
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