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WAHOO

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large fast-moving predacious food and game fish; found worldwide

Synonyms:

Acanthocybium solandri; wahoo

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

mackerel (any of various fishes of the family Scombridae)

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

Acanthocybium; genus Acanthocybium (wahoos)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Deciduous shrub having purple capsules enclosing scarlet seeds

Synonyms:

burning bush; Euonymus atropurpureus; wahoo

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

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

Euonymus; genus Euonymus (widely distributed chiefly evergreen shrubs or small trees or vines)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Upright deciduous plant with crimson pods and seeds; the eastern United States from New York to Florida and Texas

Synonyms:

Euonymus americanus; strawberry bush; wahoo

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

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

Euonymus; genus Euonymus (widely distributed chiefly evergreen shrubs or small trees or vines)

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