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THREADFISH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fish having greatly elongated front rays on dorsal and anal fins
Synonyms:
Alectis ciliaris; thread-fish; threadfish
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("threadfish" is a kind of...):
jack (any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas)
Holonyms ("threadfish" is a member of...):
Alectis; genus Alectis (a genus of Carangidae)