CUTLASSFISH Definition & Meaning

cutlassfish

or cut·lass fish

[ kuht-luhs-fish ]

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plural (especially collectively) cutlassfish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) cutlassfishes.

any compressed, ribbonlike fish of the genus Trichiurus, having daggerlike teeth.

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First recorded in 1880–85; cutlass + fish

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