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TOMTATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tomtate mean?
• TOMTATE (noun)
The noun TOMTATE has 1 sense:
1. found off the West Indies and Florida
Familiarity information: TOMTATE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Found off the West Indies and Florida
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Haemulon aurolineatum; tomtate
Hypernyms ("tomtate" is a kind of...):
grunt (medium-sized tropical marine food fishes that utter grunting sounds when caught)
Holonyms ("tomtate" is a member of...):
genus Haemulon; Haemulon (type genus of the Haemulidae)
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