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WAHOO
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large fast-moving predacious food and game fish; found worldwide
Synonyms:
Acanthocybium solandri; wahoo
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("wahoo" is a kind of...):
mackerel (any of various fishes of the family Scombridae)
Holonyms ("wahoo" is a member of...):
Acanthocybium; genus Acanthocybium (wahoos)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Deciduous shrub having purple capsules enclosing scarlet seeds
Synonyms:
burning bush; Euonymus atropurpureus; wahoo
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("wahoo" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("wahoo" is a member of...):
Euonymus; genus Euonymus (widely distributed chiefly evergreen shrubs or small trees or vines)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Upright deciduous plant with crimson pods and seeds; the eastern United States from New York to Florida and Texas
Synonyms:
Euonymus americanus; strawberry bush; wahoo
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("wahoo" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("wahoo" is a member of...):
Euonymus; genus Euonymus (widely distributed chiefly evergreen shrubs or small trees or vines)
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