keel-jawed needlefish

noun

A large, yet long and thin needlefish of the species of genus Tylosurus, common gamefishes in the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific oceans.

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Meanings

nounkeel-jawed needlefish (plural keel-jawed needlefishes)

plural keel-jawed needlefishes

  1. A large, yet long and thin needlefish of the species of genus Tylosurus, common gamefishes in the Atlantic and Indo-Pacific oceans.

Origin

By surface analysis, keel + jawed + needlefish, from a small bony appendage to the lower jaw in some specimens of some species of genus Tylosurus.

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Translations

Catalan agulla imperial
  • agulla imperialTylosurus acus
Italian aguglia maggiore
  • aguglia maggioreTylosurus acus
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APA

keel-jawed needlefish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/keel-jawed%20needlefish

MLA

“keel-jawed needlefish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/keel-jawed%20needlefish. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “keel-jawed needlefish,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/keel-jawed%20needlefish.

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