spiny-finned fish vs flatfish

flatfish vs spiny-finned fish

spiny-finned fish and flatfish both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
spiny-finned fish	Yes	No	No	No
flatfish	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, flatfish is a hyponym of spiny-finned fish; that is, flatfish is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than spiny-finned fish:

spiny-finned fish: a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays
flatfish: any of several families of fishes having flattened bodies that swim along the sea floor on one side of the body with both eyes on the upper side

Other hyponyms of spiny-finned fish include squirrelfish, anomalops, flashlight fish, flashlight fish, Photoblepharon palpebratus, dory, boarfish, Capros aper, boarfish, prickleback, stickleback, batfish, allmouth, angler, angler fish, anglerfish, goosefish, Lophius Americanus, lotte, monkfish, Opsanus tau, toadfish, frogfish, sargassum fish, percoid, percoid fish, percoidean, remora, suckerfish, sucking fish, silverside, silversides, barracuda, launce, sand eel, sand lance, sand launce, dragonet, scorpaenoid, scorpaenoid fish, plectognath, plectognath fish.

spiny-finned fish (noun)	flatfish (noun)
a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays	any of several families of fishes having flattened bodies that swim along the sea floor on one side of the body with both eyes on the upper side
	sweet lean whitish flesh of any of numerous thin-bodied fish; usually served as thin fillets

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