- genus Orthopristis
- nouna genus of Haemulidae• Syn: ↑Orthopristis• Hypernyms: ↑fish genus• Member Holonyms: ↑Haemulidae, ↑family Haemulidae• Member Meronyms: ↑pigfish, ↑hogfish, ↑Orthopristis chrysopterus
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genus Orthopristis
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Orthopristis — noun a genus of Haemulidae • Syn: ↑genus Orthopristis • Hypernyms: ↑fish genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Haemulidae, ↑family Haemulidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Orthopristis chrysopterus — noun found from Long Island southward • Syn: ↑pigfish, ↑hogfish • Hypernyms: ↑grunt • Member Holonyms: ↑Orthopristis, ↑genus Orthopristis … Useful english dictionary
fish genus — noun any of various genus of fish • Hypernyms: ↑genus • Hyponyms: ↑Cyprinus, ↑genus Cyprinus, ↑Abramis, ↑genus Abramis, ↑Tinca, ↑genus Tinca, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Haemulidae — This article is about a family of fishes. For other uses of Grunt, see Grunt (disambiguation). Grunts Haemulon album Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
pigfish — noun 1. found around the Great Barrier Reef • Syn: ↑giant pigfish, ↑Achoerodus gouldii • Hypernyms: ↑wrasse • Member Holonyms: ↑Achoerodus, ↑genus Achoerodus 2. fo … Useful english dictionary
Haemulidae — noun grunts • Syn: ↑family Haemulidae • Hypernyms: ↑fish family • Member Holonyms: ↑Perciformes, ↑order Perciformes, ↑Percomorphi, ↑order Percomorphi … Useful english dictionary
family Haemulidae — noun grunts • Syn: ↑Haemulidae • Hypernyms: ↑fish family • Member Holonyms: ↑Perciformes, ↑order Perciformes, ↑Percomorphi, ↑order Percomorphi … Useful english dictionary
hogfish — noun 1. large wrasse of western Atlantic; head of male resembles a pig s snout • Syn: ↑hog snapper, ↑Lachnolaimus maximus • Hypernyms: ↑wrasse 2. found from Long Island southward • Syn: ↑pigfish, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
sailor's-choice — noun 1. a grunt found from Florida to Brazil and Gulf of Mexico • Syn: ↑sailors choice, ↑Haemulon parra • Hypernyms: ↑grunt • Member Holonyms: ↑Haemulon, ↑genus Haemulon 2 … Useful english dictionary
A Plumieri — Grunt Grunt (gr[u^]nt), n. 1. A deep, guttural sound, as of a hog. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zo[ o]l.) Any one of several species of American food fishes, of the genus {H[ae]mulon}, allied to the snappers, as, the black grunt ({A. Plumieri}), and the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
