| English Dictionary |
SEA POKER
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
| IPA (US): |  |
Dictionary entry overview: What does sea poker mean?
• SEA POKER (noun)
The noun SEA POKER has 1 sense:
1. small slender fish (to 8 inches) with body covered by bony plates; chiefly of deeper northern Pacific waters
Familiarity information: SEA POKER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small slender fish (to 8 inches) with body covered by bony plates; chiefly of deeper northern Pacific waters
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
poacher; sea poacher; sea poker
Hypernyms ("sea poker" is a kind of...):
scorpaenoid; scorpaenoid fish (fishes having the head armored with bony plates)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sea poker"):
Agonus cataphractus; armed bullhead; pogge (northern Atlantic sea poacher)
alligatorfish; Aspidophoroides monopterygius (small very elongate sea poachers)
Holonyms ("sea poker" is a member of...):
Agonidae; family Agonidae (poachers)
| Learn English with... Proverbs |
"Without sowing a single wheat you would not harvest thousand ones." (Azerbaijani proverb)
"Visit rarely, and you will be more loved." (Arabic proverb)
"When the cat is not home, the mice dance on the table." (Dutch proverb)