scabbard fish

noun

variants or scabbardfish

ˈska-bərd-ˌfish

plural scabbard fish or scabbard fishes or scabbardfish or scabbardfishes

: any of several elongate fish of the family Trichiuridae: such as

a

: black scabbard fish

b

: silver scabbard fish

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