malacopterygian vs wolffish

wolffish vs malacopterygian

malacopterygian and wolffish both are nouns.

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

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

malacopterygian: any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii
wolffish: 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, lancet fish, lancetfish, handsaw fish, Lampris regius, moonfish, opah, Lampris guttatus, New World opah, ribbonfish, king of the herring, oarfish, Regalecus glesne, ribbonfish.

malacopterygian (noun)	wolffish (noun)
any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii	large ferocious northern deep-sea food fishes with strong teeth and no pelvic fins
	large elongate scaleless oceanic fishes with sharp teeth and a long dorsal fin that resembles a sail

Difference between malacopterygian and wolffish

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