acanthopterygian vs sucking fish

sucking fish vs acanthopterygian

acanthopterygian and sucking fish both are nouns.

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

As nouns, sucking fish is a hyponym of acanthopterygian; that is, sucking 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
sucking fish: marine fishes with a flattened elongated body and a sucking disk on the head for attaching to large fish or moving objects

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

acanthopterygian (noun)	sucking fish (noun)
a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays	marine fishes with a flattened elongated body and a sucking disk on the head for attaching to large fish or moving objects

Difference between acanthopterygian and sucking fish

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