FLAGFISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flagfish mean? 

• FLAGFISH (noun)
  The noun 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: FLAGFISH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLAGFISH (noun)

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 ("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 ("flagfish" is a member of...):

genus Jordanella; Jordanella (flagfishes)