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triggerfish vs oldwife

oldwife vs triggerfish

triggerfish and oldwife both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
triggerfish Yes No No No
oldwife Yes No No No
As nouns, oldwife is a hyponym of triggerfish; that is, oldwife is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than triggerfish:
  • triggerfish: any of numerous compressed deep-bodied tropical fishes with sandpapery skin and erectile spines in the first dorsal fin
  • oldwife: tropical Atlantic fish
Other hyponyms of triggerfish include Balistes vetula, Bessy cerca, oldwench, queen triggerfish.
triggerfish (noun) oldwife (noun)
any of numerous compressed deep-bodied tropical fishes with sandpapery skin and erectile spines in the first dorsal fin tropical Atlantic fish
a common long-tailed sea duck of the northern parts of the United States
Difference between triggerfish and oldwife

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