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JEWFISH

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: jewfishes   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large dark grouper with a thick head and rough scales

Synonyms:

jewfish; Mycteroperca bonaci

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

grouper (usually solitary bottom sea basses of warm seas)

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

genus Mycteroperca; Mycteroperca (groupers)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Large important food fish of Australia; almost indistinguishable from the maigre

Synonyms:

jewfish; mulloway; Sciaena antarctica

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

sciaenid; sciaenid fish (widely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce sound)

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

genus Sciaena; Sciaena (type genus of the Sciaenidae: croakers)

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