RIBBONFISH


Meaning of RIBBONFISH in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈri-bən-ˌfish ]

noun

Date: circa 1798

: any of a family (Trachipteridae) of elongate greatly compressed marine bony fishes (as a dealfish) with a long ribbonlike dorsal fin arising from behind the head

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.