lancetfish
/ˈlænsɪtˌfɪʃ/
noun
- A large, deep-sea fish with a long, slender body and a high, sail-like fin, also called a longnose lancetfish.
- The lancetfish is rarely seen because it lives in the deep ocean.
- A lancetfish washed up on the beach, surprising the locals with its size.
- Scientists caught a lancetfish with a long, sharp snout during their expedition.