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Definition of Oarfish
1. Noun. Thin deep-water tropical fish 20 to 30 feet long having a red dorsal fin.
Generic synonyms: Malacopterygian, Soft-finned Fish
Group relationships: Genus Regalecus, Reglaecus
Definition of Oarfish
1. n. The ribbon fish.
Definition of Oarfish
1. Noun. a large, greatly elongated, type of fish of the family Regalecidae ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Oarfish
1. a marine fish [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oarfish
Literary usage of Oarfish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"... a long, slender, fragile fish compressed like a ribbon and reaching a length
of 25 feet. We here present a photograph of an oarfish ..."
2. The Days of a Man: Being Memories of a Naturalist, Teacher, and Minor by David Starr Jordan (1922)
"But "the sea serpent" is of a very different type; when not of purely alcoholic
origin, it is usually the great oarfish ..."
3. The World Book: Organized Knowledge in Story and Picture edited by Michael Vincent O'Shea, Ellsworth D. Foster, George Herbert Locke (1918)
"Then there is the great oarfish, twenty to twenty-two feet long and weighing over
500 pounds; though large, it is the opposite of the shark, ..."
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