Definition of "snakefish" []

• Any of several fishes having some resemblance to a snake, especially the lizardfish Trachinocephalus myops of the eastern Atlantic and western Pacific. (noun)

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• "The snakefish, which is also known as the Frankenfish, did you know?"
• "The modern city dweller must suffer rats, cockroaches, the occasional snakefish and lately, it seems, the biting of bed bugs."
• "Well the snakefish is native to Asia, but it's been popping up in lakes here in the United States."