equetus lanceolatus

1. 1.

   black-and-white drumfish with an erect elongated dorsal fin

   Synonymsjackknife-fish

   Broaderdrum

   Part ofEquetus

Questions about equetus lanceolatus

What does equetus lanceolatus mean?

equetus lanceolatus means "black-and-white drumfish with an erect elongated dorsal fin".

What is another word for equetus lanceolatus?

Close synonyms include jackknife-fish. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is equetus lanceolatus a common word?

equetus lanceolatus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.