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teleost fish vs billfish

billfish vs teleost fish

teleost fish and billfish both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
teleost fish Yes No No No
billfish Yes No No No
As nouns, billfish is a hyponym of teleost fish; that is, billfish is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than teleost fish:
  • teleost fish: 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 fish 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 fish (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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