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Webster 1913 Edition


Threadfish

Thread′fishˊ

,
Noun.
(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.

Definition 2024


threadfish

threadfish

English

Noun

threadfish (plural threadfishes or threadfish)

  1. The cutlassfish.
  2. 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.