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SIERRA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A Spanish mackerel of western North America

Synonyms:

Scomberomorus sierra; sierra

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

Spanish mackerel (any of several large marine food fishes of the genus Scomberomorus)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A range of mountains (usually with jagged peaks and irregular outline)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Instance hypernyms:

chain; chain of mountains; mountain chain; mountain range; range; range of mountains (a series of hills or mountains)

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