1.
[syn: lancetfish, lancet fish, wolffish]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
lancetfish \lan"cet*fish`\, lancet fish \lan"cet fish`\n.
(Zool.)
A large, elongated, scaleless, voracious, deep-sea fish
(Alepidosaurus ferox), having long, sharp, lancetlike teeth
and a long saillike dorsal fin. [WordNet sense 1]
Syn: lancet fish, wolffish.
[1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
2. The doctor, or surgeon fish.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
lancetfish
n 1: large elongate scaleless oceanic fishes with sharp teeth
and a long dorsal fin that resembles a sail [syn:
lancetfish, lancet fish, wolffish]