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Definition of Ghostfish
1. Noun. Eellike Atlantic bottom fish with large almost vertical mouth.
Generic synonyms: Blennioid, Blennioid Fish
Group relationships: Cryptacanthodes, Genus Cryptacanthodes
Definition of Ghostfish
1. n. A pale unspotted variety of the wrymouth.
Definition of Ghostfish
1. Noun. The wrymouth, ''Cryptacanthodes maculatus''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Ghostfish
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ghostfish
Literary usage of Ghostfish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Channel Islands of California: A Book for the Angler, Sportsman, and Tourist by Charles Frederick Holder, Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo (1910)
"I have seen but three in twenty years, and with one, or on the same day, a
ghostfish, a fish like a ribbon of silver. I was so fortunate as to keep it alive ..."
2. Manual of Style Governing Composition and Proof Reading in the Government by United States Government Printing Office, United States Geographic Board (1900)
"... gazingstock. gemsbok, -horn. gentile-falcon. gentlefolk, -hearted, woman.
get-penny, -up. getter-up. ghostfish. ..."
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