butterfish
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
any of numerous small flat Atlantic food fish having smooth skin
Types & categories
- saltwater fish hypernym
Parts & wholes
- rock gunnel part holonym
- stromateid fish part holonym
Sense 2 noun
small marine fish with a short compressed body and feeble spines
Types & categories
- percoid fish hypernym
- dollarfish hyponym
- palometa hyponym
- harvestfish hyponym
- driftfish hyponym
- driftfish hyponym
- barrelfish hyponym
Parts & wholes
- Stromateidae member holonym
- butterfish part meronym
Sense 3 noun
slippery scaleless food fish of the northern Atlantic coastal waters
Types & categories
- bracketed blenny hypernym
Parts & wholes
- Pholis member holonym
- butterfish part meronym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | rock gunnel |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | stromateid fish |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | saltwater fish |
| 2 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Stromateidae |
| 2 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | butterfish |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | percoid fish |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | dollarfish |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | palometa |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | harvestfish |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | driftfish |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | driftfish |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | barrelfish |
| 3 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Pholis |
| 3 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | butterfish |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | bracketed blenny |