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WORM FISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does worm fish mean? 

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

1. poorly known family of small tropical shallow-water fishes related to gobiesplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


WORM FISH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Poorly known family of small tropical shallow-water fishes related to gobies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

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

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

family Microdesmidae; Microdesmidae (worm fish)


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