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Analogue
noun · 78% connection
A species or genus in one country closely related to a species of the same genus, or a genus of the same group, in another: such speci…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, california, food, fish, heterostichus.
Appellative
noun · 78% connection
A common name, in distinction from a proper name. A common name, or appellative, stands for a whole class, genus, or species of beings…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, california, food, fish, heterostichus.
Archer fish
unknown · 78% connection
A small fish (Toxotes jaculator), of the East Indies; -- so called from its ejecting drops of water from its mouth at its prey. The na…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, california, food, fish, heterostichus.
Cabrilla
noun · 78% connection
A name applied to various species of edible fishes of the genus Serranus, and related genera, inhabiting the Meditarranean, the coast…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, california, food, fish, heterostichus.
Catfish
noun · 78% connection
A name given in the United States to various species of siluroid fishes; as, the yellow cat (Amiurus natalis); the bind cat (Gronias n…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, california, food, fish, heterostichus.
Cestraciont
noun · 78% connection
A shark of the genus Cestracion, and of related genera. The posterior teeth form a pavement of bony plates for crushing shellfish. Mos…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, california, food, fish, heterostichus.
Chub
noun · 78% connection
A species to fresh-water fish of the Cyprinidae or Carp family. The common European species is Leuciscus cephalus; the cheven. In Amer…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, california, food, fish, heterostichus.
Cisco
noun · 78% connection
The Lake herring (Coregonus Artedi), valuable food fish of the Great Lakes of North America. The name is also applied to C. Hoyi, a re…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, california, food, fish, heterostichus.
Crocodile
noun · 78% connection
A large reptile of the genus Crocodilus, of several species. They grow to the length of sixteen or eighteen feet, and inhabit the larg…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, california, food, fish, heterostichus.
Eelpout
noun · 78% connection
A European fish (Zoarces viviparus), remarkable for producing living young; -- called also greenbone, guffer, bard, and Maroona eel. A…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, california, food, fish, heterostichus.
Eschscholtzia
noun · 78% connection
A genus of papaveraceous plants, found in California and upon the west coast of North America, some species of which produce beautiful…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, california, food, fish, heterostichus.
Fish
noun · 78% connection
the flesh of fish used as food; "in Japan most fish is eaten raw"; "after the scare about foot-and-mouth disease a lot of people start…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, california, food, fish, heterostichus.
Frostfish
noun · 78% connection
A name applied in New Zealand to the scabbard fish (Lepidotus) valued as a food fish.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, california, food, fish, heterostichus.
Garfish
noun · 78% connection
One of several species of similar fishes of the genus Tylosurus, of which one species (T. marinus) is common on the Atlantic coast. T.…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, california, food, fish, heterostichus.
Genus
noun · 78% connection
An assemblage of species, having so many fundamental points of structure in common, that in the judgment of competent scientists, they…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, california, food, fish, heterostichus.
Goldfish
noun · 78% connection
A small domesticated cyprinoid fish (Carassius auratus); -- so named from its color. It is native of China, and is said to have been i…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, california, food, fish, heterostichus.
Grunt
noun · 78% connection
Any one of several species of American food fishes, of the genus Haemulon, allied to the snappers, as, the black grunt (A. Plumieri),…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, california, food, fish, heterostichus.
Gurnet
noun · 78% connection
One ofseveral European marine fishes, of the genus Trigla and allied genera, having a large and spiny head, with mailed cheeks. Some o…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: small, california, food, fish, heterostichus.
