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BOARFISH

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: boarfishes   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fish with a projecting snout

Synonyms:

boarfish; Capros aper

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

acanthopterygian; spiny-finned fish (a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays)

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

Capros; genus Capros (a genus of fish in the family Caproidae)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Fish with large eyes and long snouts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

acanthopterygian; spiny-finned fish (a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays)

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

Antigonia; genus Antigonia (a genus of fish in the family Caproidae)

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