oarfish
nounEtymology From oar + fish.
1
A large, greatly elongated, type of fish of the family Regalecidae.
- For the second time this year an oarfish, a rarely seen deep sea fish that has historically been considered a harbinger of doom, washed up on the California coastline.2024 November 15, Dani Anguiano, “Second oarfish, mythical harbinger of doom, found washed up in California”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
- Derived terms
- giant oarfish
- Related terms
- king of herrings, paddlefish