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SEA ROBIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sea robin mean? 

SEA ROBIN (noun)
  The noun SEA ROBIN has 1 sense:

1. American gurnard; mostly found in bays and estuariesplay

  Familiarity information: SEA ROBIN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SEA ROBIN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

American gurnard; mostly found in bays and estuaries

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

sea robin; searobin

Hypernyms ("sea robin" is a kind of...):

gurnard (bottom-dwelling coastal fishes with spiny armored heads and fingerlike pectoral fins used for crawling along the sea bottom)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sea robin"):

northern sea robin; Prionotus carolinus (large searobin; found from Nova Scotia to Florida)

armored sea robin; armored searobin; Peristedion miniatum (sea robins having bony scutes on the body and barbels on the chin; found mostly on the continental slope)


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