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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 teeth
Familiarity information: SPARID FISH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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