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dragonfish

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Meaning

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

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