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单词 oarfish
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Definition of oarfish in English:

oarfish

nounPlural oarfishesˈɔːfɪʃˈôrˌfiSH
  • A very long, narrow silvery marine fish of deep water, with a deep red dorsal fin running the length of the body.

    Regalecus glesne, family Regalecidae

    Also called ribbonfish, king of the herrings
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Oarfish is reported to be the longest of all fishes.
    • Oarfish can reach lengths of 60 feet, and live in the abyssal plain, about 6000 feet below the ocean's surface.
    • They may be explained, rationally, as giant turtles, giant squid, or the large sunfish or oarfish that bask on the surface of the water.
    • The oarfish, also called the ‘king of herrings’ is the one of two members of the Regalecus (Latin for regal) genus.
    • Working from a duplicate slide, he identified the fish as the oarfish noting, however, that the head appeared more blunt than in existing illustrations.
 
 

Definition of oarfish in US English:

oarfish

nounˈôrˌfiSH
  • A very long, narrow silvery marine fish of deep water, with a deep red dorsal fin running the length of the body.

    Regalecus glesne, family Regalecidae

    Also called ribbonfish
    Example sentencesExamples
    • They may be explained, rationally, as giant turtles, giant squid, or the large sunfish or oarfish that bask on the surface of the water.
    • The oarfish, also called the ‘king of herrings’ is the one of two members of the Regalecus (Latin for regal) genus.
    • The Oarfish is reported to be the longest of all fishes.
    • Working from a duplicate slide, he identified the fish as the oarfish noting, however, that the head appeared more blunt than in existing illustrations.
    • Oarfish can reach lengths of 60 feet, and live in the abyssal plain, about 6000 feet below the ocean's surface.
 
 
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