JACKKNIFE-FISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does jackknife-fish mean? 

• JACKKNIFE-FISH (noun)
  The noun JACKKNIFE-FISH has 1 sense:

1. black-and-white drumfish with an erect elongated dorsal fin

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• JACKKNIFE-FISH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Black-and-white drumfish with an erect elongated dorsal fin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Equetus lanceolatus; jackknife-fish

Hypernyms ("jackknife-fish" is a kind of...):

drum; drumfish (small to medium-sized bottom-dwelling food and game fishes of shallow coastal and fresh waters that make a drumming noise)

Holonyms ("jackknife-fish" is a member of...):

Equetus; genus Equetus (drumfish)