malacopterygian vs lancet fish

lancet fish vs malacopterygian

malacopterygian and lancet fish both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
malacopterygian	Yes	No	No	No
lancet fish	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, lancet fish is a hyponym of malacopterygian; that is, lancet fish is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than malacopterygian:

malacopterygian: any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii
lancet fish: large elongate scaleless oceanic fishes with sharp teeth and a long dorsal fin that resembles a sail

Other hyponyms of malacopterygian include order Ostariophysi, Ostariophysi, cypriniform fish, catfish, siluriform fish, gadoid, gadoid fish, eel, beaked salmon, Gonorhynchus gonorhynchus, sandfish, clupeid, clupeid fish, anchovy, salmonid, whitefish, smelt, tarpon, Tarpon atlanticus, Albula vulpes, bonefish, argentine, lanternfish, lizardfish, snake-fish, snakefish, greeneye, lancetfish, wolffish, handsaw fish, Lampris regius, moonfish, opah, Lampris guttatus, New World opah, ribbonfish, king of the herring, oarfish, Regalecus glesne, ribbonfish.

malacopterygian (noun)	lancet fish (noun)
any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii	large elongate scaleless oceanic fishes with sharp teeth and a long dorsal fin that resembles a sail

Difference between malacopterygian and lancet fish

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