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percoid vs pearl-fish

pearl-fish vs percoid

percoid and pearl-fish both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
percoid Yes No No No
pearl-fish Yes No No No
As nouns, pearl-fish is a hyponym of percoid; that is, pearl-fish is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than percoid:
  • percoid: any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
  • pearl-fish: found living within the alimentary canals of e.g. sea cucumbers or between the shells of pearl oysters in or near shallow seagrass beds
percoid (noun) pearl-fish (noun)
any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes found living within the alimentary canals of e.g. sea cucumbers or between the shells of pearl oysters in or near shallow seagrass beds
Difference between percoid and pearl-fish

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