('Antarctic dragonfish') a fish of southern polar seas with a flattened head (family Bathydraconidae).
a fish with long sharp teeth, a barbel on the chin, and luminous organs on the body (families Stomiatidae and Idiacanthidae).
Example sentencesExamples
Fishes began with a coelacanth, a carp, and a dragonfish and ended with a goldfish.
Midwater species, such as lanternfishes, hatchetfishes and dragonfishes have rows of lights along the underside of the body, probably for mating and identification as well as foraging.
Most creatures emit a bluish green glow, but this dragonfish can shine red light on its prey that is visible to its eyes alone.
Stomiidae is a family of deep-sea ray-finned fish including the barbeled dragonfishes and (in the subfamily Malacosteinae) the loosejaws.
The crocodile dragonfish is one of the stranger-looking denizens of Antarctic waters the spiny plunderfish is a bottom-dweller
Definition of dragonfish in US English:
dragonfish
nounˈdraɡənˌfiSH
A deep-sea fish with a long slender body.
海蛾鱼
('Antarctic dragonfish') a fish of southern polar seas with a flattened head (family Bathydraconidae)
a fish with long sharp teeth, a barbel on the chin, and luminous organs on the body (families Stomiatidae and Idiacanthidae)
Example sentencesExamples
Fishes began with a coelacanth, a carp, and a dragonfish and ended with a goldfish.
Stomiidae is a family of deep-sea ray-finned fish including the barbeled dragonfishes and (in the subfamily Malacosteinae) the loosejaws.
Most creatures emit a bluish green glow, but this dragonfish can shine red light on its prey that is visible to its eyes alone.
Midwater species, such as lanternfishes, hatchetfishes and dragonfishes have rows of lights along the underside of the body, probably for mating and identification as well as foraging.
The crocodile dragonfish is one of the stranger-looking denizens of Antarctic waters the spiny plunderfish is a bottom-dweller