SERGEANT FISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sergeant fish mean? 

• SERGEANT FISH (noun)
  The noun SERGEANT FISH has 1 sense:

1. large dark-striped tropical food and game fish related to remoras; found worldwide in coastal to open waters

  Familiarity information: SERGEANT FISH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SERGEANT FISH (noun)

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Meaning:

Large dark-striped tropical food and game fish related to remoras; found worldwide in coastal to open waters

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

cobia; Rachycentron canadum; sergeant fish

Hypernyms ("sergeant fish" is a kind of...):

percoid; percoid fish; percoidean (any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes)

Holonyms ("sergeant fish" is a member of...):

genus Rachycentron; Rachycentron (genus and family are coextensive and comprise only the cobia)