"hatchetfish" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hatchetfishes [plural], hatchetfish [plural]
Etymology: From hatchet + fish. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|hatchet|fish}} hatchet + fish Head templates: {{en-noun|+|hatchetfish}} hatchetfish (plural hatchetfishes or hatchetfish)
  1. Any of several freshwater tropical fish of the family Gasteropelecidae Categories (lifeform): Characins, Fish Synonyms (deep-sea fish): sternoptychid, marine hatchetfish
    Sense id: en-hatchetfish-en-noun-YluEF2PG Disambiguation of Characins: 62 38 Disambiguation of Fish: 60 40 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 12 Disambiguation of 'deep-sea fish': 67 33
  2. Any fish in the deep-sea stomiiform family Sternoptychidae
    Sense id: en-hatchetfish-en-noun-a30dxRPJ
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms (freshwater fish): gasteropelecid
Disambiguation of 'freshwater fish': 52 48

Inflected forms

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