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ghostfish

ghostfish

9.9
A fish like an eel that lives on the Atlantic Ocean floor with a large vertical mouth
  • noun
  • UK
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  • In the clear waters of the Atlantic, a ghostfish swam near the ocean floor.

Examples

  • The fisherman caught a ghostfish while trawling the Atlantic Ocean.

  • While exploring the reef, we spotted a rare ghostfish with its large mouth open.

  • I use this for the Ghostfish Northrend fishing daily.

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Synonyms

Cryptacanthodes maculatus
vsghostfish
  • Specialized
9.9

A fish like an eel that lives on the Atlantic sea floor with a very large mouth

refers generally rather than as a scientific species name
wrymouth
vsghostfish
  • US
9.9

An eel-like fish that lives in the North Atlantic with a long body and a large almost vertical mouth

is used more as a bottom dwelling Atlantic fish term not emphasizing shape

Surface Forms

ghostfish singular
ghostfishes plural

Morphology

ghostfish = ghost + fish (semi-transparent) = ghost + fish

The components 'ghost' and 'fish' are obvious, but the precise zoological referent is a specialized common-name and not fully predictable from the parts.

Etymology

Ghostfish is simply the parts ghost and fish, named because this sea creature is very pale and often hard to see, like a 'ghost' on the ocean floor. That's why a ghostfish means the eellike, bottom-dwelling fish with a large, almost vertical mouth.