cutlass fish, cutlassfish n.
1. Zool. a peculiar, long, thin, marine fish (Trichiurus lepturus) of the southern United States and West Indies, having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp daggerlike teeth; -- called also frostfish, saber fish, silver eel, and, improperly, swordfish; also, several related members of the genus Trichiurus. It is closely related to snake mackerel.
Syn: -- frost fish, frostfish, hairtail.
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cutlassfish
n : long-bodied marine fishes having a long whiplike scaleless
body and sharp teeth; closely related to snake mackerel
[syn: frost fish, hairtail]