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SPARID FISH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Spiny-finned food fishes of warm waters having well-developed teeth
Synonyms:
sparid; sparid fish
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("sparid fish" is a kind of...):
percoid; percoid fish; percoidean (any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sparid fish"):
Archosargus probatocephalus; sheepshead (large (up to 20 lbs) food fish of the eastern coast of the United States and Mexico)
Lagodon rhomboides; pinfish; sailor's-choice; squirrelfish (similar to sea bream; small spiny-finned fish found in bays along the southeastern coast of the United States)
Chrysophrys auratus; snapper (Australian food fish having a pinkish body with blue spots)
Holonyms ("sparid fish" is a member of...):
family Sparidae; Sparidae (porgies; scups)
