SAILFISH (sailfishes)

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Irregular inflected form: sailfishes   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does sailfish mean? 

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

1. a saltwater fish with lean flesh

2. large pelagic game fish having an elongated upper jaw and long dorsal fin that resembles a sail

  Familiarity information: SAILFISH used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAILFISH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A saltwater fish with lean flesh

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

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

saltwater fish (flesh of fish from the sea used as food)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Large pelagic game fish having an elongated upper jaw and long dorsal fin that resembles a sail

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

scombroid; scombroid fish (important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters)

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

Atlantic sailfish; Istiophorus albicans (a kind of sailfish)

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

family Istiophoridae; Istiophoridae (sailfishes; spearfishes; marlins)