butterfish

Noun

Meaning

A name given to several different fishes, in allusion to their slippery coating of mucus, as the Stromateus triacanthus of the Atlantic coast, the Epinephelus punctatus of the southern coast, the rock eel, and the kelpfish of New Zealand.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

stromateid Pholis gunnellus rock gunnel stromateid fish bream pomfret fish bluefish gunnel escolar gunwale dollarfish bracketed blenny jewie cobblerfish

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Hypernyms

fish gunnel percoid percoid fish percoidean saltwater fish

Hyponyms

dollarfish palometa barrelfish harvestfish driftfish California pompano

Phrases with the word

blue butterfish

Derivatives

butterfishes

Close letter words and terms

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