Noun: cutlassfish 'kút-lus,fish
- Long-bodied marine fishes having a long whiplike scaleless body and sharp teeth; closely related to snake mackerel
"The cutlassfish's ribbon-like body allows it to swim with a distinctive undulating motion";
- frost fish, hairtail
Derived forms: cutlassfishes
Type of: percoid, percoid fish, percoidean
Part of: family Trichiuridae, Trichiuridae
Encyclopedia: Cutlassfish