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toothfish

noun
tooth·​fish | \ ˈtüth-ˌfish How to pronounce toothfish (audio) \
plural toothfish or toothfishes

Definition of toothfish

: either of two large marine food fishes (genus Dissostichus of the family Nototheniidae) found especially in antarctic and subantarctic waters:
a : patagonian toothfish
b : antarctic toothfish

Examples of toothfish in a Sentence

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 Some fishing already occurred there for Antarctic toothfish, a predatory fish that is sold as the highly prized Chilean sea bass. — Brian Clark Howard, National Geographic, "World's Largest Marine Reserve Created Off Antarctica," 28 Oct. 2016

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First Known Use of toothfish

1997, in the meaning defined above

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