Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of several predatory deep-sea fishes of the genus Chauliodus, having a slender body and a large head with fanglike teeth.
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- noun A
deepwater fish of thegenus Chauliodus, a fiercepredator with long, needle-like teeth and hinged lower jaws, found mainly intropical andtemperate waters.
Etymologies
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Examples
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To notice that this is the color green on a pheasant's head; or, this is what a viperfish a viperfish! looks like when my nose is an inch away from its teeth.
natural history Megan Kurashige 2010
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To notice that this is the color green on a pheasant's head; or, this is what a viperfish a viperfish! looks like when my nose is an inch away from its teeth.
Archive 2010-03-01 Megan Kurashige 2010
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My 3 yo son is crazy about deep sea fishes like fangtooth, gulper eel, viperfish etc.
Toys toys toys Darren Naish 2006
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For anyone trying to obtain deep-sea fish toys, as of November 2008 a few (viperfish, barrel-eye fish and deep-sea angler) are being stocked by tapir. com.
Toys toys toys Darren Naish 2006
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April 22, 2008 at 1:03 pm tunafishy up-side-down kettehfish viperfish
u need help cleanin tank? - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger? 2008
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But then Beebe sees this big ripping viperfish, and people start thinking hey, maybe we only caught little ones because all the big ones could outswim the trawls.
Starfish 1999
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"Now, viperfish, they're not supposed to get any bigger than the one you just saw," Jarvis remarks.
Starfish 1999
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The manylight viperfish -- Latin name 'Chauliodus sloani' -- earned itself the title of
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Scientists from the Queensland Brain Institute also got pictures of the bizarre hatchetfish and the creepy viperfish, which has a set of long, needle-like teeth and a light it uses to attract prey.
HomePage - The Sun 2010
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#sanbrunoless than a minute ago via mobile webRolf Scapula viperfish
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