/ray"zeuhr fish'/ , n. , pl. ( esp. collectively ) razorfish , ( esp. referring to two or more kinds or species ) razorfishes .
any of several wrasses of the genus Hemipteronatus having a compressed, sharp-edged head, as H. novacula (pearly razorfish) , of the West Indies and the Mediterranean Sea.
[ 1595-1605; RAZOR + FISH ]