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Fish having greatly elongated front rays on dorsal and anal fins
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threadfish
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 The cutlassfish. 2 A carangoid fish ((taxlink Caranx gallus species noshow=1) or (taxlink Caranx crinitus species noshow=1)) having the anterior rays of the soft dorsal and anal fins prolonged in the form of long threads.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Polyneme \Pol"y*neme\, n. [Poly- + Gr. ? thread.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of tropical food fishes of the family Polynemid[ae] . They have several slender filaments, often very long, below the pectoral fin. Some of them yield isinglass of ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. fish having greatly elongated front rays on dorsal and anal fins [syn: thread-fish , Alectis ciliaris ]