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sunfish vs percoid

percoid vs sunfish

sunfish and percoid both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
sunfish Yes No No No
percoid Yes No No No
As nouns, percoid is a hypernym of sunfish; that is, percoid is a word with a broader meaning than sunfish:
  • sunfish: small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies, black bass, bluegills, pumpkinseed
  • percoid: any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
Other hypernyms of sunfish include percoid fish, percoidean.
sunfish (noun) percoid (noun)
small carnivorous freshwater percoid fishes of North America usually having a laterally compressed body and metallic luster: crappies, black bass, bluegills, pumpkinseed any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
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
Difference between sunfish and percoid

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