TRUMPETFISH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does trumpetfish mean? 

• TRUMPETFISH (noun)
  The noun TRUMPETFISH has 1 sense:

1. tropical Atlantic fish with a long snout; swims snout down

  Familiarity information: TRUMPETFISH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRUMPETFISH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tropical Atlantic fish with a long snout; swims snout down

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Aulostomus maculatus; trumpetfish

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

teleost; teleost fish; teleostan (a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei)

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

Aulostomus; genus Aulostomus (type genus of the Aulostomidae)