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单词 dragonfish
释义

dragonfish

noun

drag·​on·​fish ˈdra-gən-ˌfish How to pronounce dragonfish (audio)
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Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Footage of the highfin dragonfish was taken at depths of nearly 1,000 feet. Elizabeth Gamillo, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 May 2022 Researchers in California recently encountered a rare deep-sea dragonfish nearly 1,000 feet below the ocean surface. Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2022 Because most deep-sea creatures cannot see in this color, the dragonfish uses its bioluminescent organs like an infrared sniper scope to hunt, illuminating its surroundings without its prey noticing anything unusual. Ferris Jabr, Scientific American, 5 Aug. 2010 If that is not strange enough, there's also the scaleless dragonfish (Pachystomias microdon), which can emit and perceive red light. Ferris Jabr, Scientific American, 5 Aug. 2010 At least 1,500 species of fish are known to be bioluminescent, including sharks and dragonfish—and scientists regularly discover new ones. Liz Langley, National Geographic, 2 May 2019 The transparent teeth of this dragonfish evolved for one lethal purposeFive hundred meters below the ocean’s surface off the coast of California lives a creepy looking sea monster with a huge jaw and sharp rows of teeth. Alex Fox, Science | AAAS, 7 June 2019 Like human teeth, the dragonfish’s teeth have a dense inner dentin layer surrounded by an outer enamellike layer. Helen Santoro, Science | AAAS, 5 June 2019 Researchers collected 10 dragonfish (Aristostomias scintillans, pictured) with a fishing net. Helen Santoro, Science | AAAS, 5 June 2019 See More

Word History

First Known Use

1996, in the meaning defined above

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