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cutlassfishes
Variant of cutlassfish
noun pl. cutlassfish, cutlassfishes
any of a family (Trichiuridae) of very long, thin percoid fishes with a wide mouth and sharp, pointed teeth, found near the surface in tropical seas
also written cutlass fish
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