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bristlemouths

bristlemouths is the plural of bristlemouth.

Meaning of bristlemouth

Noun

bristlemouth (plural bristlemouths)

  1. 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
  2. A member of one of several of the species of oceanic ray-finned fish in genera Argyripnus or Maurolicus in the family Sternoptychidae.

Questions about bristlemouths

What is bristlemouths the plural of?
Bristlemouths is the plural of bristlemouth.

Words near bristlemouths in the dictionary

  1. bristlehead
  2. bristleheads
  3. bristleless
  4. bristlelike
  5. bristlemouth
  6. bristlemouths
  7. bristler
  8. bristlers
  9. bristles
  10. bristles up
  11. bristlet

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