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AMERICAN FLAGFISH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does American flagfish mean?
• AMERICAN FLAGFISH (noun)
The noun AMERICAN FLAGFISH has 1 sense:
1. a fish with a dark-blue back and whitish sides with red stripes; found in swamps and streams of Florida
Familiarity information: AMERICAN FLAGFISH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fish with a dark-blue back and whitish sides with red stripes; found in swamps and streams of Florida
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
American flagfish; flagfish; Jordanella floridae
Hypernyms ("American flagfish" is a kind of...):
killifish (small mostly marine warm-water carp-like schooling fishes; used as bait or aquarium fishes or in mosquito control)
Holonyms ("American flagfish" is a member of...):
genus Jordanella; Jordanella (flagfishes)
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