1.
[syn: wrymouth, ghostfish, Cryptacanthodes maculatus]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ghostfish \Ghost"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
A pale unspotted variety of the wrymouth.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Wrymouth \Wry"mouth`\, n. (Zool.)
Any one of several species of large, elongated, marine fishes
of the genus Cryptacanthodes, especially Cryptacanthodes
maculatus of the American coast. A whitish variety is called
ghostfish.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
ghostfish
n 1: eellike Atlantic bottom fish with large almost vertical
mouth [syn: wrymouth, ghostfish, Cryptacanthodes
maculatus]