JAWFISH

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Small large-mouthed tropical marine fishes common along sandy bottoms; males brood egg balls in their mouths; popular aquarium fishes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("jawfish" is a kind of...):

percoid; percoid fish; percoidean (any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes)

Holonyms ("jawfish" is a member of...):

family Opisthognathidae; Opisthognathidae (jawfishes)

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