Definition of Ribbonfish in English :

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Meaning of Ribbonfish in English

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Ribbonfish

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Noun

1. king of the herring, oarfish, regalecus glesne, ribbonfish

thin deep-water tropical fish 20 to 30 feet long having a red dorsal fin

2. ribbonfish

marine fish having a long compressed ribbonlike body

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Ribbonfish

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noun plural -fish or -fishes
any of various soft-finned deep-sea teleost fishes, esp Regalecus glesne (see oarfish), that have an elongated compressed body. They are related to the opah and dealfishes

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Ribbonfish

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nounWord forms: plural ˈribbonˌfish or ˈribbonˌfishes
any of a family (Trachipteridae, order Lampriformes) of elongated, marine bony fishes having a ribbonlike, compressed body

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Ribbonfish

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n. pl. ribbonfish or rib·bon·fish·es
1. Any of several marine fishes of the family Trachipteridae, having a long, narrow, compressed body.
2. A cutlassfish.

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