bristlemouth

noun

Etymology

From bristle + mouth.

  1. inherited from mouthen
  2. derived from *ment- — “to chew; jaw, mouth
  3. inherited from *munþaz — “mouth
  4. inherited from *munþ
  5. inherited from mūþ
  6. inherited from mouth
  7. compounded as bristlemouth — “bristle + mouth

Definitions

  1. A member of Gonostomatidae, a family of deep-water marine fish.

    • Predators of the bristlemouth turn out to include dragon fish and fangtooths, denizens of the abyss with daggerlike teeth.
  2. A member of one of several of the species of oceanic ray-finned fish in genera Argyripnus…

    A member of one of several of the species of oceanic ray-finned fish in genera Argyripnus or Maurolicus in the family Sternoptychidae.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA