oarfish meaning

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Noun: oarfish  'or`fish
  1. Thin deep-water tropical fish 20 to 30 feet long having a red dorsal fin
    - king of the herring, ribbonfish, Regalecus glesne

Derived forms: oarfishes

Type of: malacopterygian, soft-finned fish

Part of: genus Regalecus, Reglaecus

Encyclopedia: Oarfish

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  1. the fish, which has since been sent to a museum where it is being examined by a scientist, is called an oarfish
  2. One of his Oarfish photographs was published in National Geographic Magazine in December 1996.
  3. In 1996 he was the first to photograph a living Oarfish, an animal that inspired sea serpent legends.
  4. A man walking his dog discovered the oarfish, cut it up with a saw and delivered it to the center.
  5. Like other members of its order, the oarfish has a small yet highly protrusible oblique mouth with no visible guanine.

Related Words

        oarless:     adjective
        oared:    Adjective: oaredFurnished with oars; c ...
        oarlock:    Noun: oarlock  'or`lókUsage: ...
        oarage:     noun1. Oars collectively2. Rowing mov ...
        oarsman:    Noun: oarsman (oarsmen)  orz ...
        oar-lap:     noun  A rabbit with its ear ...
        oarsmanship:    Noun: oarsmanshipSkill as an oarsmanDe ...
        oar-footed:     adjective  Having swimming ...
        oarswoman:    Noun: oarswoman (oarswomen)A woman oar ...
        oar fish:     noun  A ribbonfish (genus R ...

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