acanthopterygian vs silversides

silversides vs acanthopterygian

acanthopterygian and silversides both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
acanthopterygian	Yes	No	No	No
silversides	Yes	No	No	No

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

acanthopterygian: a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays
silversides: small fishes having a silver stripe along each side; abundant along the Atlantic coast of the United States

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, barracuda, launce, sand eel, sand lance, sand launce, dragonet, scorpaenoid, scorpaenoid fish, plectognath, plectognath fish, flatfish.

acanthopterygian (noun)	silversides (noun)
a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays	small fishes having a silver stripe along each side; abundant along the Atlantic coast of the United States
	the common North American shiner

Difference between acanthopterygian and silversides

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