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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of deepsea fishes, of the order Lyomeri and family Eurypharyngidæ, having an eel-like form and enormously developed jaws, six or seven times as long as the rest of the skull, supporting a great gular pouch like a pelican's.
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