oarfish

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From oar +‎ fish.

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oarfish (plural oarfishes or oarfish)

  1. A large, greatly elongated, type of fish of the family Regalecidae.
    Synonym: doomsday fish
    • 2024 November 15, Dani Anguiano, “Second oarfish, mythical harbinger of doom, found washed up in California”, in The Guardian‎[1], →ISSN:
      For the second time this year an oarfish, a rarely seen deep sea fish that has historically been considered a harbinger of doom, washed up on the California coastline.

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