RUDDERFISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rudderfish mean? 

• RUDDERFISH (noun)
  The noun RUDDERFISH has 2 senses:

1. food and game fish around Bermuda and Florida; often follow ships

2. fish having the habit of following ships; found in North American and South American coastal waters

  Familiarity information: RUDDERFISH used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RUDDERFISH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Food and game fish around Bermuda and Florida; often follow ships

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Bermuda chub; Kyphosus sectatrix; rudderfish

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

sea chub (schooling fishes mostly of Indian and western Pacific oceans; two species in western Atlantic)

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

genus Kyphosus; Kyphosus (type genus of the Kyphosidae)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Fish having the habit of following ships; found in North American and South American coastal waters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

banded rudderfish; rudderfish; Seriola zonata

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

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

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

genus Seriola; Seriola (a genus of Carangidae)