malacopterygian vs whitefish

whitefish vs malacopterygian

malacopterygian and whitefish both are nouns.

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

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

malacopterygian: any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii
whitefish: silvery herring-like freshwater food fish of cold lakes of the Northern Hemisphere

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, smelt, 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)	whitefish (noun)
any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii	silvery herring-like freshwater food fish of cold lakes of the Northern Hemisphere
	flesh of salmon-like or trout-like cold-water fish of cold lakes of the Northern Hemisphere
	any market fish--edible saltwater fish or shellfish--except herring

Difference between malacopterygian and whitefish

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