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PINFISH

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: pinfishes   

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Similar to sea bream; small spiny-finned fish found in bays along the southeastern coast of the United States

Synonyms:

Lagodon rhomboides; pinfish; sailor's-choice; squirrelfish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

sparid; sparid fish (spiny-finned food fishes of warm waters having well-developed teeth)

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

genus Lagodon; Lagodon (a genus of Sparidae)

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