gulper

noun

gulp·​er

-pə(r)

plural -s

1

: one that gulps

2

or less commonly gulper eel : any of several usually small deep-sea fishes that resemble degenerate eels with greatly enlarged mouths, have a leptocephalus stage, and constitute the family Saccopharyngidae now usually placed in the order Lyomeri

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