SHRIMP-FISH

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Slender tropical shallow-water East Indian fish covered with transparent plates

Synonyms:

shrimp-fish; shrimpfish

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

teleost; teleost fish; teleostan (a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei)

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

Centriscidae; family Centriscidae (shrimpfishes)

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