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bony fish vs lungfish

lungfish vs bony fish

bony fish and lungfish both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
bony fish Yes No No No
lungfish Yes No No No
As nouns, lungfish is a hyponym of bony fish; that is, lungfish is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than bony fish:
  • bony fish: any fish of the class Osteichthyes
  • lungfish: air-breathing fish having an elongated body and fleshy paired fins; certain species construct mucus-lined mud coverings in which to survive drought
Other hyponyms of bony fish include crossopterygian, lobe-finned fish, lobefin, teleost, teleost fish, teleostan.
bony fish (noun) lungfish (noun)
any fish of the class Osteichthyes air-breathing fish having an elongated body and fleshy paired fins; certain species construct mucus-lined mud coverings in which to survive drought
Difference between bony fish and lungfish

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