English noun: malacopterygian |
1. | malacopterygian (animal) any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii |
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| Synonyms | soft-finned fish |
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| Broader (hypernym) | teleost, teleost fish, teleostan |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | Albula vulpes, anchovy, argentine, beaked salmon, bonefish, catfish, clupeid, clupeid fish, cypriniform fish, eel, gadoid, gadoid fish, Gonorhynchus gonorhynchus, greeneye, handsaw fish, king of the herring, Lampris guttatus, Lampris regius, lancet fish, lancetfish, lanternfish, lizardfish, moonfish, New World opah, oarfish, opah, order Ostariophysi, Ostariophysi, Regalecus glesne, ribbonfish, ribbonfish, salmonid, sandfish, siluriform fish, smelt, snake-fish, snakefish, tarpon, Tarpon atlanticus, whitefish, wolffish |
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| Member holonym | whitebait |
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| Member meronym | Malacopterygii, superorder Malacopterygii |
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| Antonyms | acanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish |
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