noun
- plural of oarfish; large, elongated deep-sea fish with ribbon-like bodies and red fins
Usage: marine biology
Examples
- Oarfishes are among the longest bony fish in the ocean.
- Scientists rarely observe living oarfishes in their natural habitat.
- The museum displayed preserved oarfishes that had washed ashore.
- Oarfishes can grow up to 36 feet in length.
- Deep-sea researchers study oarfishes to understand ocean ecosystems.
- When oarfishes surface, it often indicates changes in ocean currents.