English Explanatory Dictionary

dragonfish

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of several long, slender fishes, of the family Stomiidae, that have a luminous barbel used to attract prey.
  2. Other fish thought to resemble dragons or fish of the family Stomiidae:
  3. Sculptured seamoth (Pegasus lancifer).
  4. Short dragonfish (Eurypegasus draconis).
  5. Gunther's boafish (Stomias affinis).
  6. Any fossil fish of genus †Draconichthys.
  7. Violet goby (Gobioides broussonnetii).
  8. Gray bichir Polypterus senegalus.
  9. Asian arowana (Scleropages formosus).

Pronunciation

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Word forms

dragonfish dragonfishes

Etymology

From dragon + fish.

Related words

dragon fish dragonet

Derived words

Antarctic dragonfish* arrow dragonfish Atlantic dragonfish Australian dragonfish banshee dragonfish barbate dragonfish barbeled dragonfish* barbless dragonfish bigbarb dragonfish blackbelly dragonfish black dragonfish boa dragonfish Brauer's dragonfish brightchin dragonfish broomfin dragonfish bulbless dragonfish common dragonfish Dannevig's dragonfish deepsea dragonfish dendrobium dragonfish fangtooth dragonfish fleshyfin dragonfish giant dragonfish graceful dragonfish grapevine dragonfish hiddenbulb dragonfish highfin dragonfish honeycomb dragonfish little dragonfish longbarb dragonfish longfin dragonfish long-tailed dragonfish (Pegasus volitans Mawson's dragonfish multi-thread dragonfish Noronha dragonfish obese dragonfish Parin's dragonfish Pawnee dragonfish proud dragonfish scaleless dragonfish* scaly dragonfish Schmidt's dragonfish sculptured dragonfish short dragonfish smalltooth dragonfish spothead dragonfish stamen dragonfish straightline dragonfish tentacle dragonfish threadfin dragonfish threelight dragonfish three-ray dragonfish three-tentacles dragonfish twinray dragonfish twinthread dragonfish Valdivia dragonfish Vitiaz dragonfish whitepen dragonfish winged dragonfish yellowstem dragonfish
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