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Any of several freshwater tropical fish of the family Gasteropelecidae.
Use hatchetfish when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hatchetfish means Any of several freshwater tropical fish of the family Gasteropelecidae.
Common synonyms include gasteropelecid, sternoptychid, marine hatchetfish.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Use hatchetfish where its definition matches the intended context.
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