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POACHER

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small slender fish (to 8 inches) with body covered by bony plates; chiefly of deeper northern Pacific watersplay

Synonyms:

poacher; sea poacher; sea poker

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("poacher" is a kind of...):

scorpaenoid; scorpaenoid fish (fishes having the head armored with bony plates)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "poacher"):

Agonus cataphractus; armed bullhead; pogge (northern Atlantic sea poacher)

alligatorfish; Aspidophoroides monopterygius (small very elongate sea poachers)

Holonyms ("poacher" is a member of...):

Agonidae; family Agonidae (poachers)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A cooking vessel designed to poach food (such as fish or eggs)play

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("poacher" is a kind of...):

cooking utensil; cookware (a kitchen utensil made of material that does not melt easily; used for cooking)

vessel (an object used as a container (especially for liquids))

Derivation:

poach (cook in a simmering liquid)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Someone who hunts or fishes illegally on the property of anotherplay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("poacher" is a kind of...):

appropriator (someone who takes for his or her own use (especially without permission))

Derivation:

poach (hunt illegally)

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