deep-sea spiny eel

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Noun

deep-sea spiny eel (plural deep-sea spiny eels)

  1. Any species of fish in the family Notacanthidae, which have greatly elongated bodies, more tapered than in true eels and small or nonexistent caudal fins and lengthy anal fins.

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