soft-finned
21Cyprinodontidae — noun large family of small soft finned fishes; killifishes; flagfishes; swordtails; guppies • Syn: ↑family Cyprinodontidae • Hypernyms: ↑fish family • Member Holonyms: ↑Cypriniformes, ↑order Cypriniformes …
22gadoid fish — noun a soft finned fish of the family Gadidae • Syn: ↑gadoid • Hypernyms: ↑soft finned fish, ↑malacopterygian • Hyponyms: ↑cod, ↑codfish, ↑whiting, ↑ …
23handsaw fish — noun a soft finned fish of the genus Alepisaurus • Hypernyms: ↑soft finned fish, ↑malacopterygian • Member Holonyms: ↑Alepisaurus, ↑genus Alepisaurus * * * noun Etymology: so called from the finely serrated edge of the dorsal ray …
24salmonid — noun soft finned fishes of cold and temperate waters • Hypernyms: ↑soft finned fish, ↑malacopterygian • Hyponyms: ↑salmon, ↑trout, ↑char, ↑charr • Member Holonyms: ↑ …
25acanthopterygian — noun a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays • Syn: ↑spiny finned fish • Ant: ↑soft finned fish (for: ↑spiny finned fish) • Hypernyms: ↑teleost fish, ↑ …
26malacopterygian — /mal euh kop teuh rij ee euhn/, adj. belonging or pertaining to the Malacopterygii (Malacopteri), a group of soft finned, teleost fishes. [1825 35; < NL Malacopterygi(i) (malaco MALACO + pterygii, pl. of pterygius finned, winged, adj. deriv. of… …
27sand eel — noun very small silvery eellike schooling fishes that burrow into sandy beaches • Syn: ↑sand lance, ↑sand launce, ↑launce • Hypernyms: ↑spiny finned fish, ↑acanthopterygian • Member Holonyms: ↑ …
28teleost fish — noun a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei • Syn: ↑teleost, ↑teleostan • Hypernyms: ↑bony fish • Hyponyms: ↑soft finned fish, ↑malacopterygian, ↑c …
29teleostan — noun a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei • Syn: ↑teleost fish, ↑teleost • Hypernyms: ↑bony fish • Hyponyms: ↑soft finned fish, ↑malacopterygian, ↑ …
30malacopterygian — /mæləˌkɒptəˈrɪdʒiən/ (say maluh.koptuh rijeeuhn) adjective of or relating to the Malacopterygii, a division of soft finned teleost fishes. {Greek malako(s) soft + pteryx wing, fin + ian} …
