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LEATHERJACKET

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does leatherjacket mean? 

LEATHERJACKET (noun)
  The noun LEATHERJACKET has 3 senses:

1. any of several brightly colored tropical filefishesplay

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

3. tough-skinned larva of certain crane fliesplay

  Familiarity information: LEATHERJACKET used as a noun is uncommon.


 Dictionary entry details 


LEATHERJACKET (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several brightly colored tropical filefishes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

leatherfish; leatherjacket

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

filefish (narrow flattened warm-water fishes with leathery skin and a long file-like dorsal spine)

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

genus Monocanthus; Monocanthus (type genus of the Monocanthidae)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Any of several New World tropical fishes having tiny embedded scales

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

leatherjack; leatherjacket

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

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

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

genus Oligoplites; Oligoplites (leatherjackets)


Sense 3

Meaning:

Tough-skinned larva of certain crane flies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

grub (a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects)


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