"knifefish" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From knife + fish.",
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      "form": "knifefishes",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "name": "Otocephalan fish",
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      "derived": [
        {
          "english": "family Gymnotidae spp.",
          "word": "banded knifefish"
        },
        {
          "word": "black ghost knifefish"
        },
        {
          "english": "family Rhamphichthyidae spp.",
          "word": "sand knifefish"
        },
        {
          "english": "family Hypopomidae spp.",
          "word": "bluntnose knifefish"
        },
        {
          "english": "family Sternopygidae spp.",
          "word": "glass knifefish"
        },
        {
          "english": "family Sternopygidae spp.",
          "word": "rat-tail knifefish"
        },
        {
          "english": "family Apteronotidae spp.",
          "word": "ghost knifefish"
        },
        {
          "english": "family Kyphosidae",
          "taxonomic": "Bathystethus cultratus",
          "word": "grey knifefish"
        },
        {
          "english": "family Kyphosidae",
          "taxonomic": "Labracoglossa nitida",
          "word": "blue knifefish"
        },
        {
          "english": "family Labridae",
          "taxonomic": "Cymolutes torquatus",
          "word": "collared knifefish"
        },
        {
          "english": "family Labridae",
          "taxonomic": "Cymolutes torquatus",
          "word": "finscale razorfish"
        },
        {
          "english": "family Sciaenidae",
          "taxonomic": "Equetus lanceolatus",
          "word": "jack-knifefish"
        }
      ],
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        "Any of numerous fish with knife-shaped bodies, from several different families."
      ],
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          "knife",
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      "ipa": "/naɪfɪʃ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "knifefish"
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      "english": "family Gymnotidae spp.",
      "word": "banded knifefish"
    },
    {
      "word": "black ghost knifefish"
    },
    {
      "english": "family Rhamphichthyidae spp.",
      "word": "sand knifefish"
    },
    {
      "english": "family Hypopomidae spp.",
      "word": "bluntnose knifefish"
    },
    {
      "english": "family Sternopygidae spp.",
      "word": "glass knifefish"
    },
    {
      "english": "family Sternopygidae spp.",
      "word": "rat-tail knifefish"
    },
    {
      "english": "family Apteronotidae spp.",
      "word": "ghost knifefish"
    },
    {
      "english": "family Kyphosidae",
      "taxonomic": "Bathystethus cultratus",
      "word": "grey knifefish"
    },
    {
      "english": "family Kyphosidae",
      "taxonomic": "Labracoglossa nitida",
      "word": "blue knifefish"
    },
    {
      "english": "family Labridae",
      "taxonomic": "Cymolutes torquatus",
      "word": "collared knifefish"
    },
    {
      "english": "family Labridae",
      "taxonomic": "Cymolutes torquatus",
      "word": "finscale razorfish"
    },
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      "english": "family Sciaenidae",
      "taxonomic": "Equetus lanceolatus",
      "word": "jack-knifefish"
    }
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      "form": "knifefishes",
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  "lang_code": "en",
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