concertina fish
noun
A deep-bodied marine perciform fish, Drepane longimana (family Drepaneidae), found in the Indian Ocean and West Pacific, so named from the manner in which its jaws extend and contract.
Origin
Early 20th century; earliest use found in Natal Mercury Pictorial (Durban).
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