NORTHERN SNAKEHEAD

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Meaning:

A voracious freshwater fish that is native to northeastern China; can use fin to walk and can survive out of water for three days; a threat to American populations of fish

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("northern snakehead" is a kind of...):

fish (any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills)

Holonyms ("northern snakehead" is a member of...):

Channidae; class Channidae (snakeheads)

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