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lancet fish
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lancet fish, n.
- A large, elongated, scaleless, voracious, deep-sea fish (
Alepidosaurus ferox ), having long, sharp, lancetlike teeth and a long saillike dorsal fin. [1913 Webster] - The doctor, or surgeon fish. [1913 Webster]
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