FLAME FISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does flame fish mean? 

• FLAME FISH (noun)
  The noun FLAME FISH has 1 sense:

1. a cardinalfish found in tropical Atlantic coastal waters

  Familiarity information: FLAME FISH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLAME FISH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A cardinalfish found in tropical Atlantic coastal waters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Apogon maculatus; flame fish; flamefish

Hypernyms ("flame fish" is a kind of...):

cardinalfish (small red fishes of coral reefs and inshore tropical waters)