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threadfish (encz) | threadfish, n: |
threadfish (gcide) | Polyneme \Pol"y*neme\, n. [Poly- + Gr. ? thread.] (Zool.)
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.
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Threadfish (gcide) | Threadfish \Thread"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
(a) The cutlass fish.
(b) A carangoid fish (Caranx gallus, or Caranx crinitus)
having the anterior rays of the soft dorsal and anal fins
prolonged in the form of long threads.
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threadfish (wn) | threadfish
n 1: fish having greatly elongated front rays on dorsal and anal
fins [syn: threadfish, thread-fish, Alectis ciliaris] |
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Threadfish (gcide) | Polyneme \Pol"y*neme\, n. [Poly- + Gr. ? thread.] (Zool.)
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.
[1913 Webster]Threadfish \Thread"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
(a) The cutlass fish.
(b) A carangoid fish (Caranx gallus, or Caranx crinitus)
having the anterior rays of the soft dorsal and anal fins
prolonged in the form of long threads.
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