cutlassfish

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noun

A predatory perciform marine fish in the family Trichiuridae, with large sharp teeth and an eel-like appearance.

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Meanings

nouncutlassfish (plural cutlassfishes or cutlassfish)

plural cutlassfishes

  1. A predatory perciform marine fish in the family Trichiuridae, with large sharp teeth and an eel-like appearance.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounlong-bodied marine fishes having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp teeth; closely related to snake mackerel

Similar
frost fishhairtail
Broader
percoid fishpercoidpercoidean
Also see
hairtail

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From cutlass + fish.

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cutlassfish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cutlassfish

MLA

“cutlassfish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cutlassfish. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cutlassfish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cutlassfish.

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