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GUDGEON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small slender European freshwater fish often used as bait by anglers
Synonyms:
Gobio gobio; gudgeon
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("gudgeon" is a kind of...):
cyprinid; cyprinid fish (soft-finned mainly freshwater fishes typically having toothless jaws and cycloid scales)
Holonyms ("gudgeon" is a member of...):
genus Gobio; Gobio (true gudgeons)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Small spiny-finned fish of coastal or brackish waters having a large head and elongated tapering body having the ventral fins modified as a sucker
Synonyms:
goby; gudgeon
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("gudgeon" 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 "gudgeon"):
mudskipper; mudspringer (found in tropical coastal regions of Africa and Asia; able to move on land on strong pectoral fins)
Holonyms ("gudgeon" is a member of...):
family Gobiidae; Gobiidae (gobies)
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