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SPARID FISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sparid fish mean? 

SPARID FISH (noun)
  The noun SPARID FISH has 1 sense:

1. spiny-finned food fishes of warm waters having well-developed teethplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


SPARID FISH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Spiny-finned food fishes of warm waters having well-developed teeth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

sparid; sparid fish

Hypernyms ("sparid fish" is a kind of...):

percoid; percoid fish; percoidean (any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes)

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

Archosargus probatocephalus; sheepshead (large (up to 20 lbs) food fish of the eastern coast of the United States and Mexico)

Lagodon rhomboides; pinfish; sailor's-choice; squirrelfish (similar to sea bream; small spiny-finned fish found in bays along the southeastern coast of the United States)

Chrysophrys auratus; snapper (Australian food fish having a pinkish body with blue spots)

Holonyms ("sparid fish" is a member of...):

family Sparidae; Sparidae (porgies; scups)


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