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JEWFISH
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Irregular inflected form: jewfishes
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large dark grouper with a thick head and rough scales
Synonyms:
jewfish; Mycteroperca bonaci
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("jewfish" is a kind of...):
grouper (usually solitary bottom sea basses of warm seas)
Holonyms ("jewfish" is a member of...):
genus Mycteroperca; Mycteroperca (groupers)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Large important food fish of Australia; almost indistinguishable from the maigre
Synonyms:
jewfish; mulloway; Sciaena antarctica
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("jewfish" is a kind of...):
sciaenid; sciaenid fish (widely distributed family of carnivorous percoid fishes having a large air bladder used to produce sound)
Holonyms ("jewfish" is a member of...):
genus Sciaena; Sciaena (type genus of the Sciaenidae: croakers)