Found 2 items, similar to threadfish.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: threadfish threadfish n : fish having greatly elongated front rays on dorsal and anal fins [syn: thread-fish, Alectis ciliaris]
English → English (gcide) Definition: threadfish Polyneme \Pol"y*neme\, n. [Poly- + Gr. ? thread.] (Zo["o]l.) Any one of numerous species of tropical food fishes of the family Polynemid[ae]. They have several slender filaments, often very long, below the pectoral fin. Some of them yield isinglass of good quality. Called also threadfish. [1913 Webster]