bristlemouth

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noun

A member of Gonostomatidae, a family of deep-water marine fish.

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Meanings

nounbristlemouth (plural bristlemouths)

plural bristlemouths

  1. A member of Gonostomatidae, a family of deep-water marine fish.

    Predators of the bristlemouth turn out to include dragon fish and fangtooths, denizens of the abyss with daggerlike teeth.

    2015 June 29, William J. Broad, “An Ocean Mystery in the Trillions”, in New York Times

    Synonyms: lightfish, anglemouth

  2. A member of one of several of the species of oceanic ray-finned fish in genera Argyripnus or Maurolicus in the family Sternoptychidae.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA member of Gonostomatidae, a family of deep-water marine fish.

Similar
lightfishanglemouth

Origin

From bristle + mouth.

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APA

bristlemouth. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bristlemouth

MLA

“bristlemouth.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bristlemouth. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bristlemouth,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bristlemouth.

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