Usually means: Deep-sea fish, long ribbon-like.
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  1. oarfish: Merriam-Webster
  2. oarfish: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. oarfish: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. oarfish: Collins English Dictionary
  5. oarfish: Vocabulary.com
  6. Oarfish, oarfish: Wordnik
  7. oarfish: Wiktionary
  8. oarfish: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. oarfish: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. oarfish: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. Oarfish, oarfish: Dictionary.com
  12. Oarfish: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Oarfish: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. oarfish: Rhymezone
  15. Oarfish: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. oarfish: FreeDictionary.org
  17. oarfish: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. oarfish: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun:  A large, greatly elongated, type of fish of the family Regalecidae.

Similar:
ribbonfish, king of the herring, regalecus glesne, regalecid, giant oarfish, king of herrings, batfish, opah, billfish, beakfish, more...

Opposite:
landfish, skyfish, freshwater fish

Types:
ribbonfish, serpulid worm, snake mackerel, bristlemouth, bobtail squid, more...

Phrases:
giant oarfish, more...

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Similar:
ribbonfish, king of the herring, regalecus glesne, regalecid, giant oarfish, king of herrings, batfish, opah, billfish, beakfish, more...

Opposite:
landfish, skyfish, freshwater fish

Types:
ribbonfish, serpulid worm, snake mackerel, bristlemouth, bobtail squid, more...

Phrases:
giant oarfish, more...



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