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NORTHERN SNAKEHEAD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A voracious freshwater fish that is native to northeastern China; can use fin to walk and can survive out of water for three days; a threat to American populations of fish
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("northern snakehead" is a kind of...):
fish (any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills)
Holonyms ("northern snakehead" is a member of...):
Channidae; class Channidae (snakeheads)