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GEMPYLID
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Snake mackerels; elongated marine fishes with oily flesh; resembles mackerels; found worldwide
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("gempylid" 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 "gempylid"):
Gempylus serpens; snake mackerel (predatory tropical fishes with jutting jaws and strong teeth)
escolar; Lepidocybium flavobrunneum (large snake mackerel with rings like spectacles around its eyes)
oilfish; Ruvettus pretiosus (very large deep-water snake mackerel)
Holonyms ("gempylid" is a member of...):
family Gempylidae; Gempylidae (snake mackerels)