acanthopterygian vs flashlight fish

flashlight fish vs acanthopterygian

acanthopterygian and flashlight fish both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
acanthopterygian	Yes	No	No	No
flashlight fish	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, flashlight fish is a hyponym of acanthopterygian; that is, flashlight fish is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than acanthopterygian:

acanthopterygian: a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays
flashlight fish: fish having a luminous organ beneath eye; of warm waters of the western Pacific and Puerto Rico

Other hyponyms of acanthopterygian include squirrelfish, anomalops, Photoblepharon palpebratus, dory, boarfish, Capros aper, boarfish, prickleback, stickleback, batfish, allmouth, angler, angler fish, anglerfish, goosefish, Lophius Americanus, lotte, monkfish, Opsanus tau, toadfish, frogfish, sargassum fish, percoid, percoid fish, percoidean, remora, suckerfish, sucking fish, silverside, silversides, barracuda, launce, sand eel, sand lance, sand launce, dragonet, scorpaenoid, scorpaenoid fish, plectognath, plectognath fish, flatfish.

acanthopterygian (noun)	flashlight fish (noun)
a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays	fish having a luminous organ beneath eye; of warm waters of the western Pacific and Puerto Rico
	fish of deep dark waters having a light organ below each eye

Difference between acanthopterygian and flashlight fish

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