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Very large deep-water snake mackerel
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oilfish
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n. A snake mackerel, (taxlink Ruvettus pretiosus species noshow=1), having a high content of wax esters instead of glyceride oils
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The oilfish , Ruvettus pretiosus , is a species of snake mackerel with a cosmopolitan distribution in tropical and temperate oceans. It can be found at depths of from , usually between . It can grow to a length of TL though most do not exceed SL . The maximum ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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oilfish \oilfish\ n. A very large deep-water snake mackerel ( Ruvettus pretiosus ).
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n. very large deep-water snake mackerel [syn: Ruvettus pretiosus ]
Usage examples of oilfish.
He had been four days on the fishing-grounds, and only last night had he got hold of the fact that the reason for his inability to locate any schools of oilfish lay in an equipment fault, not in a total absence of fish.
There was one other way of tracking oilfish besides using electronic aids, and that was to follow a wolfshark as the buzzards did, until its eagerness for prey led it to a school.
What fragile independence Mayeners have is maintained through their one major asset, the secret oilfish shoals.
The lamp oil produced from the oilfish here rivals that from the olive groves of Tear, Illian, and Tarabon.
Tairen knows where the oilfish shoals are located, and the Mayeners are determined to keep it that way.
Sea of Storms that derives its wealth and its independence from knowledge of where to find the oilfish shoals, which rival in economic importance the olive groves of Tear, Illian, and Tarabon.
They underprice the oil from our good Tairen olives just because their ships know how to find the oilfish shoals.
He dreamed of the sea because then he could see lands he had only heard of, because then he could find the Mayener oilfish shoals, could out-trade the Sea Folk and the filthy Illianers.
Three hundred years ago the High Lords were planning to build a fleet to follow Mayener ships and find the oilfish shoals.
On that side of the table a long wall hanging showed ships at sea, and men hauling nets filled with oilfish, the source of Mayene's wealth.