malacopterygian vs smelt

smelt vs malacopterygian

malacopterygian and smelt both are nouns.

malacopterygian is not a verb while smelt is a verb.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
malacopterygian	Yes	No	No	No
smelt	Yes	No	Yes	No

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

malacopterygian: any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii
smelt: small trout-like silvery marine or freshwater food fishes of cold northern waters

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, tarpon, Tarpon atlanticus, Albula vulpes, bonefish, argentine, lanternfish, lizardfish, snake-fish, snakefish, greeneye, lancet fish, lancetfish, wolffish, handsaw fish, Lampris regius, moonfish, opah, Lampris guttatus, New World opah, ribbonfish, king of the herring, oarfish, Regalecus glesne, ribbonfish.

malacopterygian (noun)	smelt (noun)
any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii	small trout-like silvery marine or freshwater food fishes of cold northern waters
	small cold-water silvery fish; migrate between salt and fresh water

malacopterygian (verb)	smelt (verb)
	extract (metals) by heating

Difference between malacopterygian and smelt

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