snake-fish

snake-fish
noun
tropical fishes with large mouths in lizard-like heads; found worldwide
Syn: ↑lizardfish, ↑snakefish
Hypernyms: ↑soft-finned fish, ↑malacopterygian
Member Holonyms: ↑Synodontidae, ↑family Synodontidae

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