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threadfish |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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 good quality. Called also {threadfish}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Threadfish \Thread"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) a The cutlass fish. b A carangoid fish ({Caranx gallus}, or {C. crinitus}) having the anterior rays of the soft dorsal and anal fins prolonged in the form of long threads. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: threadfish n : fish having greatly elongated front rays on dorsal and anal fins [syn: {Alectis ciliaris}]
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