SOAPFISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does soapfish mean? 

• SOAPFISH (noun)
  The noun SOAPFISH has 1 sense:

1. fishes with slimy mucus-covered skin; found in the warm Atlantic coastal waters of America

  Familiarity information: SOAPFISH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOAPFISH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fishes with slimy mucus-covered skin; found in the warm Atlantic coastal waters of America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("soapfish" is a kind of...):

serranid; serranid fish (marine food sport fishes mainly of warm coastal waters)

Holonyms ("soapfish" is a member of...):

genus Rypticus; Rypticus (a genus of fish of the family Serranidae, including soapfishes)