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"english": "family Gymnotidae",
"word": "banded knifefish"
},
{
"word": "black ghost knifefish"
},
{
"english": "family Rhamphichthyidae",
"word": "sand knifefish"
},
{
"english": "family Hypopomidae",
"word": "bluntnose knifefish"
},
{
"english": "family Sternopygidae",
"word": "glass knifefish"
},
{
"english": "family Sternopygidae",
"word": "rat-tail knifefish"
},
{
"english": "family Apteronotidae",
"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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"ipa": "/naɪfɪʃ/"
}
],
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"english": "family Rhamphichthyidae",
"word": "sand knifefish"
},
{
"english": "family Hypopomidae",
"word": "bluntnose knifefish"
},
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"english": "family Sternopygidae",
"word": "glass knifefish"
},
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"english": "family Sternopygidae",
"word": "rat-tail knifefish"
},
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"english": "family Apteronotidae",
"word": "ghost knifefish"
},
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"english": "family Kyphosidae",
"taxonomic": "Bathystethus cultratus",
"word": "grey knifefish"
},
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"english": "family Kyphosidae",
"taxonomic": "Labracoglossa nitida",
"word": "blue knifefish"
},
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"english": "family Labridae",
"taxonomic": "Cymolutes torquatus",
"word": "collared knifefish"
},
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