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LEATHERJACK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does leatherjack mean? 

LEATHERJACK (noun)
  The noun LEATHERJACK has 1 sense:

1. any of several New World tropical fishes having tiny embedded scalesplay

  Familiarity information: LEATHERJACK used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LEATHERJACK (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several New World tropical fishes having tiny embedded scales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

leatherjack; leatherjacket

Hypernyms ("leatherjack" is a kind of...):

jack (any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas)

Holonyms ("leatherjack" is a member of...):

genus Oligoplites; Oligoplites (leatherjackets)


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