EELPOUT

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Meaning:

Elongate freshwater cod of northern Europe and Asia and North America having barbels around its mouth

Synonyms:

burbot; cusk; eelpout; ling; Lota lota

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

cod; codfish (major food fish of Arctic and cold-temperate waters)

Meaning:

Marine eellike mostly bottom-dwelling fishes of northern seas

Synonyms:

eelpout; pout

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

blennioid; blennioid fish (elongated mostly scaleless marine fishes with large pectoral fins and reduced pelvic fins)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "eelpout"):

viviparous eelpout; Zoarces viviparus (an eelpout of northern Europe that is viviparous)

fish doctor; Gymnelis viridis (brightly colored scaleless Arctic eelpout)

Macrozoarces americanus; ocean pout (common along northeastern coast of North America)

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

family Zoarcidae; Zoarcidae (eelpouts)