"black swallower" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: black swallowers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} black swallower (plural black swallowers)
  1. A fish of the species Chiasmodon niger, deep-sea fish able to swallow fish much larger than itself. Categories (lifeform): Trachinoid fish Synonyms (Chiasmodon niger): great swallower

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