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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Examples
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The ribbonfish brought its preposterously flat head down as the bulrush craft sputtered close.
Centaur Aisle Anthony, Piers 1981
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But the body of the ribbonfish was slightly concave; the raft remained centered, not falling off.
Centaur Aisle Anthony, Piers 1981
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The ribbonfish tired of the game and dumped them off with a jarring splash.
Centaur Aisle Anthony, Piers 1981
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The ribbonfish seemed interminably long; the raft slid and slid.
Centaur Aisle Anthony, Piers 1981
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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
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The ribbonfish seemed interminably long; the raft slid and slid.
Centaur Aisle Anthony, Piers 1981
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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
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The ribbonfish brought its preposterously flat head down as the bulrush craft sputtered close.
Centaur Aisle Anthony, Piers 1981
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But the body of the ribbonfish was slightly concave; the raft remained centered, not falling off.
Centaur Aisle Anthony, Piers 1981
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The ribbonfish tired of the game and dumped them off with a jarring splash.
Centaur Aisle Anthony, Piers 1981
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