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Acipenser
noun · 78% connection
A genus of ganoid fishes, including the sturgeons, having the body armed with bony scales, and the mouth on the under side of the head…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: numerous, species, marine, cottoid, fishes.
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: numerous, species, marine, cottoid, fishes.
Angler
noun · 78% connection
A fish (Lophius piscatorius), of Europe and America, having a large, broad, and depressed head, with the mouth very large. Peculiar ap…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: numerous, species, marine, cottoid, fishes.
Cassowary
noun · 78% connection
A large bird, of the genus Casuarius, found in the east Indies. It is smaller and stouter than the ostrich. Its head is armed with a k…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: numerous, species, marine, cottoid, fishes.
Conch
noun · 78% connection
A name applied to various marine univalve shells; esp. to those of the genus Strombus, which are of large size. S. gigas is the large…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: numerous, species, marine, cottoid, fishes.
Cottoid
adjective · 78% connection
Like a fish of the genus Cottus.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: numerous, species, marine, cottoid, fishes.
Father-lasher
noun · 78% connection
A European marine fish (Cottus bubalis), allied to the sculpin; -- called also lucky proach.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: numerous, species, marine, cottoid, fishes.
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: numerous, species, marine, cottoid, fishes.
Globefish
noun · 78% connection
any of numerous marine fishes whose elongated spiny body can inflate itself with water or air to form a globe; several species contain…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: numerous, species, marine, cottoid, fishes.
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: numerous, species, marine, cottoid, fishes.
Hake
noun · 78% connection
One of several species of marine gadoid fishes, of the genera Phycis, Merlucius, and allies. The common European hake is M. vulgaris;…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: numerous, species, marine, cottoid, fishes.
Kangaroo
noun · 78% connection
Any one of numerous species of jumping marsupials of the family Macropodidae. They inhabit Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: numerous, species, marine, cottoid, fishes.
Lant
noun · 78% connection
Any one of several species of small, slender, marine fishes of the genus Ammedytes. The common European species (A. tobianus) and the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: numerous, species, marine, cottoid, fishes.
Large
superl. · 78% connection
Exceeding most other things of like kind in bulk, capacity, quantity, superficial dimensions, or number of constituent units; big; gre…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: numerous, species, marine, cottoid, fishes.
Lates
noun · 78% connection
A genus of large percoid fishes, of which one species (Lates Niloticus) inhabits the Nile, and another (L. calcarifer) is found in the…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: numerous, species, marine, cottoid, fishes.
Nereis
noun · 78% connection
A genus, including numerous species, of marine chaetopod annelids, having a well-formed head, with two pairs of eyes, antennae, four p…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: numerous, species, marine, cottoid, fishes.
Octopus
noun · 78% connection
A genus of eight-armed cephalopods, including numerous species, some of them of large size. See Devilfish,
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: numerous, species, marine, cottoid, fishes.
Pompano
noun · 78% connection
Any one of several species of marine fishes of the genus Trachynotus, of which four species are found on the Atlantic coast of the Uni…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: numerous, species, marine, cottoid, fishes.
