bristlemouth
Americannoun
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bristlemouth,
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bristlemouths
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Predators of the bristlemouth turn out to include dragon fish and fangtooths, denizens of the abyss with daggerlike teeth.
From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2015
The tiny fish known as the bristlemouth is part of a detective story that bears on everything from feeding the planet and monitoring ocean health to learning how to better predict climate change.
From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2015
Though the portrait of the bristlemouth is incomplete, scientists know enough to confidently assert that it far outstrips all other contenders for the title of most common vertebrate on the planet.
From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2015
It has taken roughly a century and a half, but science has finally come to know the bristlemouth and its ranks of trillions fairly well, even if questions remain.
From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2015
The genus has 13 species, such as the shadow bristlemouth.
From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2015
Millions of dollars are being spent on research and trial fisheries targeting abundant pelagic fish, such as lanternfish and bristlemouths, in Europe, particularly Norway.
From National Geographic ● Feb. 13, 2024
The bristlemouths are a rapacious family of deep-sea fishes that include the wildly successful genus Cyclothone — Greek for “circular,” in apparent reference to the creature’s gaping mouth.
From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2015
The current tally of animal species on the planet runs to about two million, including the bristlemouths.
From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2015
Dr. Robison added that bristlemouths have very small eyes that in the dim habitat seemed to play little or no role in finding prey.
From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2015
In contrast, ichthyologists put the likely figure for bristlemouths at hundreds of trillions — and perhaps quadrillions, or thousands of trillions.
From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2015
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