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ˈribbon-fish Zool.
[f. ribbon n.]
A fish having a very long, slender, flattened body, as those of the genera Cepola and Regalecus. (See also riband-fish, s.v. riband n. 5 c.)
1793–8Nemnich Polyglot Lex. v. 869 Ribbon fish, Cepola taenia. 1860Gosse Rom. Nat. Hist. 354 There are, how⁓ever, the ribbon-fishes; and some of these, as the hair-tail, the Vaegmaer, and the Gymnetrus, are of large size. 1866Proc. Zool. Soc. 147 The recent capture of Gymnetrus banksii, the Great Ribbonfish. 1885C. F. Holder Marvels Anim. Life 101 These ribbon fishes are deep water forms. |