bristlemouth
noun
any of several small, deep-sea fishes of the family Gonostomatidae, having numerous sharp, slender teeth covering the jaws.
bristlemouths
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pluralof bristlemouth.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
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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
Ocean textbooks from the 1970s to the 1990s said little about Cyclothone, the main genus of bristlemouths.
From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2015
It tallied hundreds of species like bristlemouths, lanternfish and black swallowers, which can eat creatures much larger than themselves because of their wide jaws and elastic stomachs.
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
