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[syn: threadfish, thread-fish, Alectis ciliaris]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Polyneme \Pol"y*neme\, n. [Poly- + Gr. ? thread.] (Zool.)
Any one of numerous species of tropical food fishes of the
family Polynemid[ae]. They have several slender filaments,
often very long, below the pectoral fin. Some of them yield
isinglass of good quality. Called also threadfish.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Threadfish \Thread"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
(a) The cutlass fish.
(b) A carangoid fish (Caranx gallus, or Caranx crinitus)
having the anterior rays of the soft dorsal and anal fins
prolonged in the form of long threads.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
thread-fish
n 1: fish having greatly elongated front rays on dorsal and anal
fins [syn: threadfish, thread-fish, Alectis ciliaris]