noun
any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii
• Syn: ↑soft-finned fish
• Ant: ↑spiny-finned fish (for: ↑soft-finned fish)
• Hypernyms: ↑teleost fish, ↑teleost, ↑teleostan
• Hyponyms:
↑Ostariophysi, ↑order Ostariophysi, ↑cypriniform fish, ↑catfish, ↑siluriform fish, ↑gadoid, ↑gadoid fish, ↑eel, ↑beaked salmon, ↑sandfish, ↑Gonorhynchus gonorhynchus, ↑clupeid fish, ↑clupeid, ↑anchovy, ↑salmonid, ↑whitefish, ↑smelt, ↑tarpon, ↑Tarpon atlanticus, ↑bonefish, ↑Albula vulpes, ↑argentine, ↑lanternfish, ↑lizardfish, ↑snakefish, ↑snake-fish, ↑greeneye, ↑lancetfish, ↑lancet fish, ↑wolffish, ↑handsaw fish, ↑opah, ↑moonfish, ↑Lampris regius, ↑New World opah, ↑Lampris guttatus, ↑ribbonfish, ↑oarfish, ↑king of the herring, ↑Regalecus glesne
• Member Holonyms: ↑Malacopterygii, ↑superorder Malacopterygii
• Member Meronyms: ↑whitebait
Useful english dictionary. 2012.