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teleost vs billfish

billfish vs teleost

teleost and billfish both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
teleost Yes No No No
billfish Yes No No No
As nouns, billfish is a hyponym of teleost; that is, billfish is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than teleost:
  • teleost: a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei
  • billfish: elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters
Other hyponyms of teleost include malacopterygian, soft-finned fish, cornetfish, needlefish, pipefish, bellows fish, snipefish, shrimp-fish, shrimpfish, Aulostomus maculatus, trumpetfish, gar, needlefish, flying fish, halfbeak, saury, Scomberesox saurus, acanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish, sweeper, ganoid, ganoid fish.
teleost (noun) billfish (noun)
a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jaw
elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters
primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth
slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters
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