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DEEPWATER SQUIRRELFISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does deepwater squirrelfish mean? 

DEEPWATER SQUIRRELFISH (noun)
  The noun DEEPWATER SQUIRRELFISH has 1 sense:

1. a squirrelfish found from South Carolina to Bermuda and Gulf of Mexicoplay

  Familiarity information: DEEPWATER SQUIRRELFISH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


DEEPWATER SQUIRRELFISH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A squirrelfish found from South Carolina to Bermuda and Gulf of Mexico

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

deepwater squirrelfish; Holocentrus bullisi

Hypernyms ("deepwater squirrelfish" is a kind of...):

squirrelfish (very small, brightly colored (especially red) nocturnal fishes of shallow waters or tropical reefs; they make sounds like a squirrel's bark)

Holonyms ("deepwater squirrelfish" is a member of...):

genus Holocentrus; Holocentrus (type genus of the family Holocentridae; squirrelfishes)


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