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LEATHERFISH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several brightly colored tropical filefishes
Synonyms:
leatherfish; leatherjacket
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("leatherfish" is a kind of...):
filefish (narrow flattened warm-water fishes with leathery skin and a long file-like dorsal spine)
Holonyms ("leatherfish" is a member of...):
genus Monocanthus; Monocanthus (type genus of the Monocanthidae)