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elephant fish

noun

  1. any of several long-snouted fishes belonging to the genus Callorhyncus, of the family Callorhynchidae (Chimaeridae), inhabiting deep waters of the Southern Hemisphere.


elephant fish

noun

  1. a large marine fish, Callorhinchus milii , of southwest Pacific waters, having a snout resembling an elephant's trunk Also calledreperepe
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of elephant fish1

First recorded in 1765–75
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The six groups include: South American knife fishes, African electric catfish, African elephant fish, stargazers, some skates and some rays.

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Of bread and elephant fish, which were offered them, they refused to taste, but shewed that they were fond of birds, as an article of food.

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For the Feast of Lights is also a feast of toys in bewildering variety; in sugar, in paper, in burnt clay; tinselled, or gorgeously painted with colours such as never were on ox or elephant, fish or bird.

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Most of them were of that sort known to seamen by the name of elephant fish.

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They also refused some elephant fish, both raw and dressed, which we offered to them.

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