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LEATHERJACKET
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tough-skinned larva of certain crane flies
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("leatherjacket" is a kind of...):
grub (a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Any of several New World tropical fishes having tiny embedded scales
Synonyms:
leatherjack; leatherjacket
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("leatherjacket" is a kind of...):
jack (any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas)
Holonyms ("leatherjacket" is a member of...):
genus Oligoplites; Oligoplites (leatherjackets)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Any of several brightly colored tropical filefishes
Synonyms:
leatherfish; leatherjacket
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("leatherjacket" is a kind of...):
filefish (narrow flattened warm-water fishes with leathery skin and a long file-like dorsal spine)
Holonyms ("leatherjacket" is a member of...):
genus Monocanthus; Monocanthus (type genus of the Monocanthidae)
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