hatchetfish

English

Etymology

From hatchet +‎ fish.

Noun

hatchetfish (plural hatchetfishes or hatchetfish)

  1. Any of several freshwater tropical fish of the family Gasteropelecidae
  2. Any fish in the deep-sea stomiiform family Sternoptychidae

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