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Meaning of bristlemouth | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. A member of Gonostomatidae, a family of deep-water marine fish.
  2. A member of one of several of the species of oceanic ray-finned fish in genera Argyripnus or Maurolicus in the family Sternoptychidae.

Examples

“Predators of the bristlemouth turn out to include dragon fish and fangtooths, denizens of the abyss with daggerlike teeth.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

bristler bristlers Bristles bristlet bristletail bristleweed

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