beardfish

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of various deep-sea fish, of the family Polymixiidae, that have a pair of long hyoid barbels.

Word forms

beardfish beardfishes

Etymology

From beard + fish, because of its barbels.

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