anchovy
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
tiny fishes usually canned or salted; used for hors d'oeuvres or as seasoning in sauces
Types & categories
- fish hypernym
Parts & wholes
- anchovy paste substance holonym
Sense 2 noun
small herring-like plankton-eating fishes often canned whole or as paste; abundant in tropical waters worldwide
Types & categories
- soft-finned fish hypernym
- mediterranean anchovy hyponym
Parts & wholes
- Engraulidae member holonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | substance holonym | Parts & wholes | anchovy paste |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | fish |
| 2 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Engraulidae |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | soft-finned fish |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | mediterranean anchovy |