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SQUIRRELFISH
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Irregular inflected form: squirrelfishes
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Very small, brightly colored (especially red) nocturnal fishes of shallow waters or tropical reefs; they make sounds like a squirrel's bark
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("squirrelfish" is a kind of...):
acanthopterygian; spiny-finned fish (a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "squirrelfish"):
Holocentrus coruscus; reef squirrelfish (on reefs from Bermuda and Florida to northern South America)
deepwater squirrelfish; Holocentrus bullisi (a squirrelfish found from South Carolina to Bermuda and Gulf of Mexico)
Holocentrus ascensionis (bright red fish of West Indies and Bermuda)
soldier-fish; soldierfish (the larger squirrelfishes)
Holonyms ("squirrelfish" is a member of...):
family Holocentridae; Holocentridae (squirrelfishes and soldierfishes)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Similar to sea bream; small spiny-finned fish found in bays along the southeastern coast of the United States
Synonyms:
Lagodon rhomboides; pinfish; sailor's-choice; squirrelfish
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("squirrelfish" is a kind of...):
sparid; sparid fish (spiny-finned food fishes of warm waters having well-developed teeth)
Holonyms ("squirrelfish" is a member of...):
genus Lagodon; Lagodon (a genus of Sparidae)
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