HEMITRIPTERUS AMERICANUS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Large sculpin of western Atlantic; inflates itself when caught

Synonyms:

Hemitripterus americanus; sea raven

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Hemitripterus americanus" is a kind of...):

sculpin (any of numerous spiny large-headed usually scaleless scorpaenoid fishes with broad mouths)

Holonyms ("Hemitripterus americanus" is a member of...):

genus Hemitripterus; Hemitripterus (sea ravens)

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