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

• Closely related to snake mackerel

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. ...

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 ...