REEF SQUIRRELFISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does reef squirrelfish mean? 

• REEF SQUIRRELFISH (noun)
  The noun REEF SQUIRRELFISH has 1 sense:

1. on reefs from Bermuda and Florida to northern South America

  Familiarity information: REEF SQUIRRELFISH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REEF SQUIRRELFISH (noun)

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Meaning:

On reefs from Bermuda and Florida to northern South America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Holocentrus coruscus; reef squirrelfish

Hypernyms ("reef squirrelfish" is a kind of...):

squirrelfish (very small, brightly colored (especially red) nocturnal fishes of shallow waters or tropical reefs; they make sounds like a squirrel's bark)

Holonyms ("reef squirrelfish" is a member of...):

genus Holocentrus; Holocentrus (type genus of the family Holocentridae; squirrelfishes)