Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun Any of several marine fishes of the family Trachipteridae, having a long, narrow, compressed body.
  • noun A cutlassfish.

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  • noun Any of several lampriform fish, of the genus Trachipterus, having long, ribbon-like bodies

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  • noun thin deep-water tropical fish 20 to 30 feet long having a red dorsal fin
  • noun marine fish having a long compressed ribbonlike body

Etymologies

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ribbon +‎ fish

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Examples

  • The ribbonfish brought its preposterously flat head down as the bulrush craft sputtered close.

    Centaur Aisle Anthony, Piers 1981

  • But the body of the ribbonfish was slightly concave; the raft remained centered, not falling off.

    Centaur Aisle Anthony, Piers 1981

  • The ribbonfish tired of the game and dumped them off with a jarring splash.

    Centaur Aisle Anthony, Piers 1981

  • The ribbonfish seemed interminably long; the raft slid and slid.

    Centaur Aisle Anthony, Piers 1981

  • But the ribbonfish was undulating, so that a new hump kept forming just behind them while a new dip formed ahead of them.

    Centaur Aisle Anthony, Piers 1981

  • The ribbonfish seemed interminably long; the raft slid and slid.

    Centaur Aisle Anthony, Piers 1981

  • But the ribbonfish was undulating, so that a new hump kept forming just behind them while a new dip formed ahead of them.

    Centaur Aisle Anthony, Piers 1981

  • The ribbonfish brought its preposterously flat head down as the bulrush craft sputtered close.

    Centaur Aisle Anthony, Piers 1981

  • But the body of the ribbonfish was slightly concave; the raft remained centered, not falling off.

    Centaur Aisle Anthony, Piers 1981

  • The ribbonfish tired of the game and dumped them off with a jarring splash.

    Centaur Aisle Anthony, Piers 1981

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