lizardfish

lizardfish [liz-erd-fish] Word Origin noun, plural (especially collectively) liz·ard·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) liz·ard·fish·es.

1. any of several large-mouthed fishes of the family Synodontidae, having a lizardlike head.

Origin of lizardfish First recorded in 1745–55; lizard + fish British Dictionary definitions for lizard fish lizard fish noun

1. any small teleost fish of the family Synodontidae, having a slender body and a lizard-like head and living at the bottom of warm seas