alligatorfish
/ˈælɪɡeɪtərˌfɪʃ/
noun
- A small, slender marine fish with a long snout and bony plates, found in cold northern waters.
- An alligatorfish uses its long snout to hunt small crustaceans.
- We caught an alligatorfish while fishing off the coast of Maine.
- The alligatorfish hides among seaweed in the North Atlantic.