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JAWFISH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small large-mouthed tropical marine fishes common along sandy bottoms; males brood egg balls in their mouths; popular aquarium fishes
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("jawfish" is a kind of...):
percoid; percoid fish; percoidean (any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes)
Holonyms ("jawfish" is a member of...):
family Opisthognathidae; Opisthognathidae (jawfishes)