Associations to the word «Oilfish»

Wiktionary

OILFISH, noun. A snake mackerel, Ruvettus pretiosus, having a high content of wax esters instead of glyceride oils

Dictionary definition

OILFISH, noun. Very large deep-water snake mackerel.

Wise words

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