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CONVICTFISH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does convictfish mean?
• CONVICTFISH (noun)
The noun CONVICTFISH has 1 sense:
1. greenling with whitish body marked with black bands
Familiarity information: CONVICTFISH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Greenling with whitish body marked with black bands
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
convict fish; convictfish; Oxylebius pictus; painted greenling
Hypernyms ("convictfish" is a kind of...):
greenling (food fish of the northern Pacific)
Holonyms ("convictfish" is a member of...):
genus Oxylebius; Oxylebius (a genus of Hexagrammidae)
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