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dragonfish
[ drag-uhn-fish ]
noun
, plural (especially collectively) drag·on·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) drag·on·fish·es.
- any marine fish of the family Bathydraconidae, of the Southern Ocean, having an elongated body and flattened head and being biochemically adapted to extremely low temperatures.
- Also called seamoth. any fish of the family Pegasidae, of tropical Indo-Pacific waters, having armor of bony rings and large, horizontal, fanlike pectoral fins.
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Example Sentences
One bottom-dweller called the stoplight loosejaw dragonfish uses biofluorescence to alter bioluminescent blue light into red, which acts like a flashlight that most of its prey are physically unable to see.
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