KING OF THE HERRING

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Meaning:

Thin deep-water tropical fish 20 to 30 feet long having a red dorsal fin

Synonyms:

king of the herring; oarfish; Regalecus glesne; ribbonfish

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("king of the herring" is a kind of...):

malacopterygian; soft-finned fish (any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii)

Holonyms ("king of the herring" is a member of...):

genus Regalecus; Reglaecus (type genus of the Regalecidae)