Library / English Dictionary

GOATFISH

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: goatfishes   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Brightly colored tropical fishes with chin barbels

Synonyms:

goatfish; Mullus surmuletus; red mullet; surmullet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mullet (bottom dwelling marine warm water fishes with two barbels on the chin)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "goatfish"):

Mullus auratus; red goatfish (body bright scarlet with 2 yellow to reddish strips on side)

Mulloidichthys martinicus; yellow goatfish (schooling goatfish; greyish with yellow stripe)

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

genus Mullus; Mullus (type genus of the Mullidae: goatfishes)

Credits