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THREAD-FISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does thread-fish mean? 

THREAD-FISH (noun)
  The noun THREAD-FISH has 1 sense:

1. fish having greatly elongated front rays on dorsal and anal finsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


THREAD-FISH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Fish having greatly elongated front rays on dorsal and anal fins

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Alectis ciliaris; thread-fish; threadfish

Hypernyms ("thread-fish" is a kind of...):

jack (any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas)

Holonyms ("thread-fish" is a member of...):

Alectis; genus Alectis (a genus of Carangidae)


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