Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several marine fishes of the family Regalecidae, especially Regalecus glesne, having a slender silvery body up to 11 meters (36 feet) in length, a crimson dorsal fin along its entire length, and long thin pelvic fins.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A trachypteroid or tæniosomous fish, Regalecus glesne, of the family Regalecidæ, a kind of ribbon-fish. It attains a length of from 12 to more than 20 feet.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The ribbon fish.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A large, greatly elongated, type of fish of the family Regalecidae.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun thin deep-water tropical fish 20 to 30 feet long having a red dorsal fin
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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MALIBU KTLA -- A 12-foot long oarfish washed ashore in Malibu this week and researchers at the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum say ...
WATCH: Rare, Serpent-Like 'Oarfish' Washes Ashore In Malibu ktla.com 2010
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MALIBU KTLA -- A 12-foot long oarfish washed ashore in Malibu this week and researchers at the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum say they're looking forward to studying it.
WATCH: Rare, Serpent-Like 'Oarfish' Washes Ashore In Malibu ktla.com 2010
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MALIBU KTLA -- A 12-foot long oarfish washed ashore in Malibu this week and researchers at the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum say ...
WATCH: Rare, Serpent-Like 'Oarfish' Washes Ashore In Malibu ktla.com 2010
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The oarfish, which can reach 17m long, has previously only been seen on a few occasions dying at the sea surface, or dead washed ashore.
Archive 2010-02-07 Bill Crider 2010
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He says he knew exactly what it was because he learned all about oarfish in school.
WATCH: Rare, Serpent-Like 'Oarfish' Washes Ashore In Malibu ktla.com 2010
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MALIBU KTLA -- A 12-foot long oarfish washed ashore in Malibu this week and researchers at the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum say they're looking forward to studying it.
WATCH: Rare, Serpent-Like 'Oarfish' Washes Ashore In Malibu ktla.com 2010
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He says he knew exactly what it was because he learned all about oarfish in school.
WATCH: Rare, Serpent-Like 'Oarfish' Washes Ashore In Malibu ktla.com 2010
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Using a remotely operated vehicle, they caught a rare glimpse of the huge oarfish, perhaps the first sighting of the fish in its natural setting.
Archive 2010-02-07 Bill Crider 2010
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Nevertheless, there aren't really any 'sea serpent' sightings that describe oarfish.
Oarfish 2006
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Darren, are you just referring to my vague memory about vertical oarfish, or do you know something about it too?
Oarfish 2006
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