LANTERNFISH

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Small fish having rows of luminous organs along each side; some surface at night

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

malacopterygian; soft-finned fish (any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii)

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

family Myctophidae; Myctophidae (deep-sea fishes comprising the lantern fishes)

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