NOUN
- large elongate scaleless oceanic fishes with sharp teeth and a long dorsal fin that resembles a sail
How To Use lancetfish In A Sentence
- Speaking of terrifying, a longnose lancetfish recently washed ashore in the state of Washington. Type D D!
- DSL species rise at night-some to waters as shallow as 30 feet deep-for a variety of reasons: Some are avoiding the daytime surface hunters; others are avoiding the nocturnal hunters of the DSL who don't rise (like lancetfish); still others are saving energy by spending their days in a sleeplike state prompted by the frigid waters. MotherJones.com
- All kinds of weird species (like the lancetfish shown) wash up on Oregon's beaches. Archive 2008-01-01