ALECTIS CILIARIS

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Meaning:

Fish having greatly elongated front rays on dorsal and anal fins

Synonyms:

Alectis ciliaris; thread-fish; threadfish

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Alectis ciliaris" is a kind of...):

jack (any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas)

Holonyms ("Alectis ciliaris" is a member of...):

Alectis; genus Alectis (a genus of Carangidae)

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