Meanings
nounhatchetfish (plural hatchetfishes or hatchetfish)
plural hatchetfishes
- Any of several freshwater tropical fish of the family Gasteropelecidae
Synonyms: sternoptychid, marine hatchetfish
- Any fish in the deep-sea stomiiform family Sternoptychidae
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAny of several freshwater tropical fish of the family Gasteropelecidae
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sternoptychidmarine hatchetfish
freshwater fish
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hatchetfish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hatchetfish
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“hatchetfish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hatchetfish. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hatchetfish,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hatchetfish.
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