cutlassfish

or cut·lass fish

[ kuht-luhs-fish ]

noun

, plural (especially collectively) cut·lass·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) cut·lass·fish·es.

1. any compressed, ribbonlike fish of the genus Trichiurus, having daggerlike teeth.

Word History and Origins

Origin of cutlassfish¹

First recorded in 1880–85; cutlass + fish