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percoid fish vs pearl-fish

pearl-fish vs percoid fish

percoid fish and pearl-fish both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
percoid fish Yes No No No
pearl-fish Yes No No No
As nouns, pearl-fish is a hyponym of percoid fish; that is, pearl-fish is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than percoid fish:
  • percoid fish: 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 fish (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 fish and pearl-fish

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