Threadfish \Thread"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The cutlass fish.
(b) A carangoid fish ({Caranx gallus}, or {C. crinitus})
having the anterior rays of the soft dorsal and anal fins
prolonged in the form of long threads.
threadfish
n : fish having greatly elongated front rays on dorsal and anal
fins [syn: {thread-fish}, {Alectis ciliaris}]