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lizardfish

(-fis̸h′)

any of a family (Synodontidae) of small, brightly colored, marine bony fishes (order Myctophiformes) with a slender body, lizardlike head, and large mouth

often written lizard fish

See lizardfish in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. lizardfish lizardfish or liz·ard·fish·es

Any of various bottom-dwelling, large-mouthed fishes of the family Synodontidae of warm seas, having a lizardlike head.

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