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English noun: butterfish | |||
| 1. | butterfish (food) any of numerous small flat Atlantic food fish having smooth skin | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | saltwater fish | ||
| Part meronym | butterfish, butterfish, Pholis gunnellus, rock gunnel, stromateid, stromateid fish | ||
| 2. | butterfish (animal) small marine fish with a short compressed body and feeble spines | ||
| Synonyms | stromateid, stromateid fish | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | percoid, percoid fish, percoidean | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | barrelfish, black rudderfish, California pompano, dollarfish, driftfish, driftfish, harvestfish, Hyperglyphe perciformis, palometa, Palometa simillima, Paprilus alepidotus, Poronotus triacanthus | ||
| Part holonym | butterfish | ||
| Member meronym | family Stromateidae, Stromateidae | ||
| 3. | butterfish (animal) slippery scaleless food fish of the northern Atlantic coastal waters | ||
| Synonyms | Pholis gunnellus, rock gunnel | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bracketed blenny, gunnel | ||
| Part holonym | butterfish | ||
| Member meronym | genus Pholis, Pholis | ||
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