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SOLDIERFISH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does soldierfish mean?
• SOLDIERFISH (noun)
The noun SOLDIERFISH has 1 sense:
1. the larger squirrelfishes
Familiarity information: SOLDIERFISH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The larger squirrelfishes
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
soldier-fish; soldierfish
Hypernyms ("soldierfish" is a kind of...):
squirrelfish (very small, brightly colored (especially red) nocturnal fishes of shallow waters or tropical reefs; they make sounds like a squirrel's bark)
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