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sunfish vs percoidean

percoidean vs sunfish

sunfish and percoidean both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
sunfish Yes No No No
percoidean Yes No No No
As nouns, percoidean is a hypernym of sunfish; that is, percoidean 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
  • percoidean: any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
Other hypernyms of sunfish include percoid, percoid fish.
sunfish (noun) percoidean (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 percoidean

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