acanthopterygian vs sand eel

sand eel vs acanthopterygian

acanthopterygian and sand eel both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
acanthopterygian	Yes	No	No	No
sand eel	Yes	No	No	No

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

acanthopterygian: a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays
sand eel: very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches

Other hyponyms of acanthopterygian include squirrelfish, anomalops, flashlight fish, flashlight fish, 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 lance, sand launce, dragonet, scorpaenoid, scorpaenoid fish, plectognath, plectognath fish, flatfish.

acanthopterygian (noun)	sand eel (noun)
a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays	very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches

Difference between acanthopterygian and sand eel

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