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Definition of Snakefish
1. Noun. Tropical fishes with large mouths in lizard-like heads; found worldwide.
Generic synonyms: Malacopterygian, Soft-finned Fish
Group relationships: Family Synodontidae, Synodontidae
Definition of Snakefish
1. n. The band fish.
Definition of Snakefish
1. Noun. Any of the several fish that resemble a snake. ¹
2. Noun. ''Trachinocephalus myops'' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Snakefish
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Medical Definition of Snakefish
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Snakefish
Literary usage of Snakefish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Annals of Philosophy by Richard Phillips, E W Brayley (1823)
"... rubescens, red snakefish. "Two specimens of this fish have come into my
possession; one of * " Since this paper was read, I have met with the Lesser ..."
2. The Annals of Philosophy by Richard Phillips, E W Brayley (1823)
"... red snakefish, "Two specimens of this fish have come into my possession ; one
of his paper was read, I have met with the Lesser Forked Beard of Jago ..."
3. Journal of the North China Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society by Shanghai Literary and Scientific Society, North-China Branch, China Branch (1877)
"The Chinese Ophiocephalus or snakefish, for the first time discovered by Cantor
on the inland of Chusan, has afterwards been observed all over China, ..."
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