Eel-shaped

  • 71Idiacanthidae — Idiacanthidae, the black dragonfish, are a family of long, eel shaped deep sea fish. They are found at depths of 100 to 1000 meters. They have long anal and dorsal fins, but the adults lack pectoral fins.Reference* Allaby, Michael. The Concise… …

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  • 72lepidosiren — /lep i doh suy reuhn/, n. a lungfish, Lepidosiren paradoxa, of the Amazon, having an eel shaped body. [1850 55; < NL; see LEPIDO , SIREN] * * * …

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  • 73pearlfish — /perrl fish /, n., pl. pearlfishes, (esp. collectively) pearlfish. any of several small fishes of the family Carapidae, living within pearl oysters, sea cucumbers, starfishes, etc. [1585 95; PEARL1 + FISH] * * * ▪ fish also called  fierasfer , or …

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  • 74Pholidichthys leucotaenia — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum …

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  • 75circuitous — I adjective ambagious, anfractuous, anguilliform, anguine, circumfluent, circumambulating, circumfluous, circumlocutory, complicated, contorted, convoluted, convolution, crooked, curved, deviating, deviatory, devious, digressive, discursive, eel&#8230; …

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  • 76anguilliform — a. Eel shaped …

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  • 77hagfish — hag•fish [[t]ˈhægˌfɪʃ[/t]] n. pl. (esp. collectively) fish, (esp. for kinds or species) fish•es. ich any eel shaped jawless fish of the order Myxiniformes, having a round, sucking mouth and rasping tongue for boring into the flesh of other fishes …

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  • 78Agnatha — noun superclass of eel shaped chordates lacking jaws and pelvic fins: lampreys; hagfishes; some extinct forms • Syn: ↑superclass Agnatha • Hypernyms: ↑class • Member Holonyms: ↑Vertebrata, ↑subphylum Vertebrata, ↑ …

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  • 79gunnel — 1. n. any small eel shaped marine fish of the family Pholidae, esp. Pholis gunnellus. Also called BUTTERFISH. Etymology: 17th c.: orig. unkn. 2. gunner n. 1 an artillery soldier (esp. as an official term for a private). 2 Naut. a warrant officer&#8230; …

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  • 80siren — n. 1 a a device for making a loud prolonged signal or warning sound, esp. by revolving a perforated disc over a jet of compressed air or steam. b the sound made by this. 2 (in Greek mythology) each of a number of women or winged creatures whose&#8230; …

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