Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In ichthyology:
- noun Any fish of the family Cryptacanthodidæ (which see).
- noun The electric ray, torpedo, or numb-fish. See cuts under
Torpedinidæ and torpedo.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) Any one of several species of large, elongated, marine fishes of the genus Cryptacanthodes, especially
Cryptacanthodes maculatus of the American coast. A whitish variety is calledghostfish .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Cryptacanthodes
maculatus , a slim,eel -likefish related to theblenny .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun eellike Atlantic bottom fish with large almost vertical mouth
Etymologies
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wry + mouth
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Examples
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They also caught some wrymouth and sculpin off Frenchboro last Friday, he said.
hernesheir commented on the word wrymouth
It's a fish.
January 2, 2012