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CARANGID
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
A percoid fish of the family Carangidae
Synonyms:
carangid; carangid fish
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("carangid" 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 "carangid"):
jack (any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas)
Atlantic moonfish; dollarfish; horse-head; horsefish; horsehead; moonfish; Selene setapinnis (any of several silvery marine fishes with very flat bodies)
pompano (any of several deep-bodied food fishes of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico)
Naucrates ductor; pilotfish (small pelagic fish often accompanying sharks or mantas)
scad (any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae)
Holonyms ("carangid" is a member of...):
Carangidae; family Carangidae (large family of narrow-bodied marine food fishes with widely forked tails; chiefly of warm seas)
Derivation:
carangid (of or relating to fish of the family Carangidae)
II. (adjective)
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Meaning:
Of or relating to fish of the family Carangidae
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Domain category:
zoological science; zoology (the branch of biology that studies animals)
Pertainym:
Carangidae (large family of narrow-bodied marine food fishes with widely forked tails; chiefly of warm seas)
Derivation:
carangid (a percoid fish of the family Carangidae)
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