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a deep-sea eel that's basically a swimming mouth with regrets about portion size
means One who gulps — someone or something that swallows quickly and greedily — or, specifically, a deep-sea eel of the family Eurypharyngidae known for its enormous, balloon-like mouth.
from From the verb "gulp," which entered English in the 14th century, likely from Middle Dutch or Flemish "gulpen," meaning to swallow or guzzle — an imitative word, the kind that sounds like the throat-noise it names. Add the "-er" of the doer, and you have a gulper: literally a thing that gulps. The fish earned the name for obvious reasons.
- jaw size
- mouth bigger than the rest of its body
- depth
- lurks down to 3,000 meters of black water
- tail trick
- tail tip glows pink and red to lure prey
- diet
- swallows prey larger than itself whole
- stomach
- belly stretches like a balloon for big meals
pelican eel — deep-sea fish with enormous hinged mouth, found below 3,000 feet in oceans worldwide
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