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GHOSTFISH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does ghostfish mean?
• GHOSTFISH (noun)
The noun GHOSTFISH has 1 sense:
1. eellike Atlantic bottom fish with large almost vertical mouth
Familiarity information: GHOSTFISH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Eellike Atlantic bottom fish with large almost vertical mouth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Cryptacanthodes maculatus; ghostfish; wrymouth
Hypernyms ("ghostfish" is a kind of...):
blennioid; blennioid fish (elongated mostly scaleless marine fishes with large pectoral fins and reduced pelvic fins)
Holonyms ("ghostfish" is a member of...):
Cryptacanthodes; genus Cryptacanthodes (a genus of Stichaeidae)
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