Usually means: Deep-sea fish with bioluminescence.
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  1. dragonfish: Merriam-Webster
  2. dragonfish: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. dragonfish: Wiktionary
  4. dragonfish: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. dragonfish: Dictionary.com
  6. Dragonfish: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Definitions from Wiktionary (dragonfish)

noun:  Any of several long, slender fishes, of the family Stomiidae, that have a luminous barbel used to attract prey.
noun:  Other fish thought to resemble dragons or fish of the family Stomiidae:
noun:  Sculptured seamoth (Pegasus lancifer).
noun:  Short dragonfish (Eurypegasus draconis).
noun:  Gunther's boafish (Stomias affinis).
noun:  Any fossil fish of genus †Draconichthys.
noun:  Violet goby (Gobioides broussonnetii).
noun:  Gray bichir Polypterus senegalus.
noun:  Asian arowana (Scleropages formosus).

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