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PILOTFISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pilotfish mean? 

PILOTFISH (noun)
  The noun PILOTFISH has 1 sense:

1. small pelagic fish often accompanying sharks or mantasplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


PILOTFISH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small pelagic fish often accompanying sharks or mantas

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Naucrates ductor; pilotfish

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

carangid; carangid fish (a percoid fish of the family Carangidae)

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

genus Naucrates; Naucrates (a genus of Carangidae)


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