acanthopterygian vs toadfish

toadfish vs acanthopterygian

acanthopterygian and toadfish both are nouns.

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

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

acanthopterygian: a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays
toadfish: bottom-dwelling fish having scaleless slimy skin and a broad thick head with a wide mouth

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, 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)	toadfish (noun)
a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays	bottom-dwelling fish having scaleless slimy skin and a broad thick head with a wide mouth

Difference between acanthopterygian and toadfish

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