English Explanatory Dictionary

bristlemouth

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of Gonostomatidae, a family of deep-water marine fish.
  2. A member of one of several of the species of oceanic ray-finned fish in genera Argyripnus or Maurolicus in the family Sternoptychidae.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-bristlemouth.wav

Word forms

bristlemouth bristlemouths

Etymology

From bristle + mouth.

Synonyms

lightfish anglemouth

Derived words

benttooth bristlemouth bicolored bristlemouth black bristlemouth Brauer's bristlemouth Brock's bristlemouth deep-water bristlemouth elongated bristlemouth Gilbert & Cramer's bristlemouth hidden bristlemouth Kobayashi's bristlemouth Mueller's bristlemouth (Maurolicus muelleri pale bristlemouth Power's deep-water bristle-mouth fish Reunion bristlemouth shadow bristlemouth showy bristlemouth slender bristlemouth smalltooth bristlemouth tan bristlemouth tanned bristlemouth veiled bristlemouth yellow bristlemouth
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