COTTONWICK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cottonwick mean? 

• COTTONWICK (noun)
  The noun COTTONWICK has 1 sense:

1. of warm Atlantic waters

  Familiarity information: COTTONWICK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COTTONWICK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of warm Atlantic waters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

cottonwick; Haemulon malanurum

Hypernyms ("cottonwick" is a kind of...):

grunt (medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter grunting sounds when caught)

Holonyms ("cottonwick" is a member of...):

genus Haemulon; Haemulon (type genus of the Haemulidae)