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TILEFISH

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: tilefishes   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Yellow-spotted violet food fish of warm deep waters

Synonyms:

Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps; tilefish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

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

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

genus Lopholatilus; Lopholatilus (large brightly colored food fish of deep Atlantic waters)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Important marine food fishes

Synonyms:

blanquillo; tilefish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

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

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

Branchiostegidae; family Branchiostegidae (small family of marine fishes having covered gills)

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