Long-bodied marine fishes having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp teeth

• Closely related to snake mackerel

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

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
cutlass fish \cutlass fish\, cutlassfish \cutlassfish\n. 1. (Zo["o]l.) a peculiar, long, thin, marine fish ( Trichiurus lepturus ) of the southern United States and West Indies, having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp daggerlike teeth; -- called ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. long-bodied marine fishes having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp teeth; closely related to snake mackerel [syn: frost fish , hairtail ]

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
The cutlassfishes are about 40 species of predatory fish in the family Trichiuridae (order Perciformes ) found in seas throughout the world. Fish of this family are long, slender, and generally steely blue or silver in colour, giving rise to their name. ...