JACKKNIFE-FISH

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Black-and-white drumfish with an erect elongated dorsal fin

Synonyms:

Equetus lanceolatus; jackknife-fish

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("jackknife-fish" is a kind of...):

drum; drumfish (small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise)

Holonyms ("jackknife-fish" is a member of...):

Equetus; genus Equetus (drumfish)

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