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plectognath fish vs sunfish

sunfish vs plectognath fish

plectognath fish and sunfish both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
plectognath fish Yes No No No
sunfish Yes No No No
As nouns, sunfish is a hyponym of plectognath fish; that is, sunfish is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than plectognath fish:
  • plectognath fish: tropical marine fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick skin covered with bony plates or spines
  • sunfish: among the largest bony fish; pelagic fish having an oval compressed body with high dorsal and anal fins and caudal fin reduced to a rudder-like lobe; worldwide in warm waters
Other hyponyms of plectognath fish include triggerfish, filefish, boxfish, trunkfish, blowfish, globefish, puffer, pufferfish, spiny puffer, headfish, mola, ocean sunfish.
plectognath fish (noun) sunfish (noun)
tropical marine fishes having the teeth fused into a beak and thick skin covered with bony plates or spines small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies, black bass, bluegills, pumpkinseed
among the largest bony fish; pelagic fish having an oval compressed body with high dorsal and anal fins and caudal fin reduced to a rudder-like lobe; worldwide in warm waters
the lean flesh of any of numerous American perch-like fishes of the family Centrarchidae
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