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PILOTFISH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pilotfish mean?
• PILOTFISH (noun)
The noun PILOTFISH has 1 sense:
1. small pelagic fish often accompanying sharks or mantas
Familiarity information: PILOTFISH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small pelagic fish often accompanying sharks or mantas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Naucrates ductor; pilotfish
Hypernyms ("pilotfish" is a kind of...):
carangid; carangid fish (a percoid fish of the family Carangidae)
Holonyms ("pilotfish" is a member of...):
genus Naucrates; Naucrates (a genus of Carangidae)
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