knifefish

English

Etymology

From knife +‎ fish.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /naɪfɪʃ/

Noun

knifefish (plural knifefishes or knifefish)

1. Any of numerous fish with knife-shaped bodies, from several different families.

Usage notes

• Any of the fish listed below in derived terms are called knifefish, as are featherbacks (family Notopteridae) and abas (Gymnarchus niloticus, family Gymnarchidae)

Derived terms

• banded knifefish (family Gymnotidae)
• black ghost knifefish
• sand knifefish (family Rhamphichthyidae)
• bluntnose knifefish (family Hypopomidae)
• glass knifefish (family Sternopygidae)
• rat-tail knifefish (family Sternopygidae)
• ghost knifefish (family Apteronotidae)
• grey knifefish (Bathystethus cultratus, family Kyphosidae)
• blue knifefish (Labracoglossa nitida, family Kyphosidae)
• collared knifefish (Cymolutes torquatus, family Labridae)
• finscale razorfish (Cymolutes torquatus, family Labridae)
• jack-knifefish (Equetus lanceolatus, family Sciaenidae)

Anagrams

• fish knife, fish-knife