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percoid fish vs butterfish

butterfish vs percoid fish

percoid fish and butterfish both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
percoid fish Yes No No No
butterfish Yes No No No
As nouns, butterfish is a hyponym of percoid fish; that is, butterfish is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than percoid fish:
  • percoid fish: any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
  • butterfish: small marine fish with a short compressed body and feeble spines
percoid fish (noun) butterfish (noun)
any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes small marine fish with a short compressed body and feeble spines
slippery scaleless food fish of the northern Atlantic coastal waters
any of numerous small flat Atlantic food fish having smooth skin
Difference between percoid fish and butterfish

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