noun
greenlings
• Syn: ↑family Hexagrammidae
• Hypernyms: ↑fish family
• Member Holonyms: ↑Scleroparei, ↑order Scleroparei
• Member Meronyms: ↑greenling, ↑Hexagrammos, ↑genus Hexagrammos, ↑Oxylebius, ↑genus Oxylebius
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\\ˌheksəˈgraməˌdē\ noun pluralUsage: capitalized
: a family of marine carnivorous fishes (order Scleroparei) of the northern Pacific ocean that includes several food fishes — see greenling
Useful english dictionary. 2012.