RAZOR-FISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does razor-fish mean? 

• RAZOR-FISH (noun)
  The noun RAZOR-FISH has 1 sense:

1. any of several small wrasses with compressed sharp-edged heads of the West Indies and Mediterranean

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• RAZOR-FISH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several small wrasses with compressed sharp-edged heads of the West Indies and Mediterranean

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

razor-fish; razor fish

Hypernyms ("razor-fish" is a kind of...):

wrasse (chiefly tropical marine fishes with fleshy lips and powerful teeth; usually brightly colored)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "razor-fish"):

Hemipteronatus novacula; pearly razorfish (a kind of razor fish)

Holonyms ("razor-fish" is a member of...):

genus Hemipteronatus; Hemipteronatus (razor fish)