alligatorfish

Definitions of alligatorfish
  1. noun
    small very elongate sea poachers
    synonyms: Aspidophoroides monopterygius
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    type of:
    poacher, sea poacher, sea poker
    small slender fish (to 8 inches) with body covered by bony plates; chiefly of deeper northern Pacific waters
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