bristlemouth
bristlemouth noun: a member of Gonostomatidae, a family of deep-water marine fish.
Noun
bristlemouth (plural bristlemouths)
- A member of Gonostomatidae, a family of deep-water marine fish.
- Predators of the bristlemouth turn out to include dragon fish and fangtooths, denizens of the abyss with daggerlike teeth.2015 June 29, William J. Broad, “An Ocean Mystery in the Trillions”, in New York Times
- Synonyms:
- lightfish, anglemouth
- A member of one of several of the species of oceanic ray-finned fish in genera Argyripnus or Maurolicus in the family Sternoptychidae.
bristlemouth meaning in Tamil
bristlemouth in Tamil
- நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்
Synonyms of bristlemouth
- lightfish
- anglemouth
Forms of bristlemouth
| plural | bristlemouths |
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Origin of bristlemouth
From bristle + mouth.
Words formed from bristlemouth
- benttooth bristlemouth
- bicolored bristlemouth
- black bristlemouth
- Brauer's bristlemouth
- Brock's bristlemouth
- deep-water bristlemouth
- elongated bristlemouth
- Gilbert & Cramer's bristlemouth
- hidden bristlemouth
- Kobayashi's bristlemouth
- Mueller's bristlemouth (Maurolicus muelleri
- pale bristlemouth
- Power's deep-water bristle-mouth fish
- Reunion bristlemouth
- shadow bristlemouth
- showy bristlemouth
- slender bristlemouth
- smalltooth bristlemouth
- tan bristlemouth
- tanned bristlemouth
- veiled bristlemouth
- yellow bristlemouth
Questions about bristlemouth
- What does bristlemouth mean?
- Bristlemouth means a member of Gonostomatidae, a family of deep-water marine fish.
- What is bristlemouth in Tamil?
- Bristlemouth in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Bristlemouth meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is bristlemouth?
- Bristlemouth is a noun.
- What is the plural of bristlemouth?
- The plural of bristlemouth is bristlemouths.
Words near bristlemouth in the dictionary
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