bristlemouth
Meaning
Noun
- A member of Gonostomatidae, a family of deep-water marine fish.
- A member of one of several of the species of oceanic ray-finned fish in genera Argyripnus (genus) or Maurolicus (genus) in the family Sternoptychidae (family).
Related
Similar words
- lightfish, anglemouth
Origin
- bristle + mouth
Modern English dictionary
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