Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A kind of lizard-fish, as Synodus fœtens or S. myops.
- noun The red band-fish, Cepola rubescens: more fully called
red snake-fish . SeeCepolidæ . - noun The oar-fish. See cut under
Regalecus . - noun A fish, Polypterus senegalus, which lives in rivers of Africa and has many peculiar characters: well represented in former times, but only two genera belonging to one family remain. The fossil forms are now arranged in five families.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The band fish.
- noun The lizard fish.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of the several
fish that resemble asnake . - noun Trachinocephalus myops
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun tropical fishes with large mouths in lizard-like heads; found worldwide
- noun tropical fishes with large mouths in lizard-like heads; found worldwide
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Examples
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The snakefish, which is also known as the Frankenfish, did you know?
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Well the snakefish is native to Asia, but it's been popping up in lakes here in the United States.
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COSTELLO: ... because that's a picture of the snakefish.
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The modern city dweller must suffer rats, cockroaches, the occasional snakefish and lately, it seems, the biting of bed bugs.
Kid Stays in the Picture: Houseguest's Weird Tale Of Movies and Abramoff 2006
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The modern city dweller must suffer rats, cockroaches, the occasional snakefish and lately, it seems, the biting of bed bugs.
Kid Stays in the Picture: Houseguest���s Weird Tale Of Movies and Abramoff 2006
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Let me take this opportunity to say that it's been wonderful knowing all of you, and when the "carnivorous snakefish" that can "grow up to 3 feet long, walk on their pectoral fins, and live on land for several days devouring other fish, aquatic birds, and ducks" show up at your front door, I wish you the best of luck. last » next
nspblues Diary Entry nspblues 2002
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"'One step at a time,' said the snakefish as he went ashore," he cautioned himself.
Three Worlds to Conquer Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1964
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" "One step at a time, " said the snakefish as he went ashore, " he cautioned himself.
Three Worlds To Conquer Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1964
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These are snakefish, making poor living in the bazaars.
Ferghana.Ru news agency Sanobar Shermatova 2010
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These are snakefish, making poor living in the bazaars.
Ferghana.Ru news agency Sanobar Shermatova 2010
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