Found 2 items, similar to lancet fish.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: lancet fish lancet fish n : large elongate scaleless oceanic fishes with sharp teeth and a long sail-like dorsal fin [syn: lancetfish, wolffish]
English → English (gcide) Definition: lancet fish lancetfish \lan"cet*fish`\, lancet fish \lan"cet fish`\n. (Zo["o]l.) A large, elongated, scaleless, voracious, deep-sea fish (Alepidosaurus ferox), having long, sharp, lancetlike teeth and a long saillike dorsal fin. [WordNet sense 1] Syn: lancet fish, wolffish. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5] 2. The doctor, or surgeon fish. [1913 Webster] Surgeon \Sur"geon\, n. [OE. surgien, OF. surgien, contr. fr. chirurgien. See Chirurgeon.] 1. One whose profession or occupation is to cure diseases or injuries of the body by manual operation; one whose occupation is to cure local injuries or disorders (such as wounds, dislocations, tumors, etc.), whether by manual operation, or by medication and constitutional treatment. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of ch[ae]todont fishes of the family Teuthid[ae], or Acanthurid[ae], which have one or two sharp lancelike spines on each side of the base of the tail. Called also surgeon fish, doctor fish, lancet fish, and sea surgeon. [1913 Webster] Surgeon apothecary, one who unites the practice of surgery with that of the apothecary. --Dunglison. Surgeon dentist, a dental surgeon; a dentist. Surgeon fish. See def. 2, above. Surgeon general. (a) In the United States army, the chief of the medical department. (b) In the British army, a surgeon ranking next below the chief of the medical department. [1913 Webster]