'lizardfish' definitions:

Definition of 'lizardfish'

(from WordNet)
noun
Tropical fishes with large mouths in lizard-like heads; found worldwide [syn: lizardfish, snakefish, snake- fish]

Definition of 'lizardfish'

From: GCIDE
  • lizardfish \lizardfish\, lizard fish \lizard fish\n. (Zool.) Any of several mostly tropical marine scopeloid fish of the family Synodontidae having large mouths in lizardlike heads, especially the inshore lizardfish (Synodus foetens syn. Synodus poeyi) of Mideastern and Southern United States and West Indies; -- sometimes called sand pike.
  • Note: A freshwater perch, the sauger, a different fish, is also called the sand pike.
  • Syn: snakefish. [WordNet 1.5]

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