squirrelfish

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noun

1. similar to sea bream;
small spiny-finned fish found in bays along the southeastern coast of the United States
• Syn:
pinfish, sailor's-choice, Lagodon rhomboides
• Hypernyms:
sparid, sparid fish
• Member Holonyms:
Lagodon, genus Lagodon
2. very small, brightly colored (especially red) nocturnal fishes of shallow waters or tropical reefs;
they make sounds like a squirrel's bark
• Hypernyms:
spiny-finned fish, acanthopterygian
• Hyponyms:
reef squirrelfish, Holocentrus coruscus, deepwater squirrelfish, Holocentrus bullisi, Holocentrus ascensionis,
soldierfish, soldier-fish
• Member Holonyms:
Holocentridae, family Holocentridae