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  • 71Gonorhynchus gonorhynchus — noun fish of sandy areas of western Pacific and Indian oceans having an angular snout for burrowing into sand • Syn: ↑beaked salmon, ↑sandfish • Hypernyms: ↑soft finned fish, ↑malacopterygian • Member Holonyms: ↑Gonorhynchus, ↑ …

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  • 72greeneye — noun bottom dwellers having large eyes with metallic green luster • Hypernyms: ↑soft finned fish, ↑malacopterygian • Member Holonyms: ↑Chlorophthalmidae, ↑family Chlorophthalmidae …

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  • 73Isospondyli — noun most primitive teleost fishes; all are soft finned: salmon; trout; herring; shad; sardines; anchovies; whitefish; smelts; tarpon • Syn: ↑order Isospondyli • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑ …

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  • 74king of the herring — noun thin deep water tropical fish 20 to 30 feet long having a red dorsal fin • Syn: ↑oarfish, ↑ribbonfish, ↑Regalecus glesne • Hypernyms: ↑soft finned fish, ↑malacopterygian • Member Holonyms: ↑ …

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  • 75Lampris guttatus — noun from Nova Scotia to West Indies and Gulf of Mexico • Syn: ↑New World opah • Hypernyms: ↑soft finned fish, ↑malacopterygian • Member Holonyms: ↑Lampris, ↑genus Lampris …

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  • 76Lampris regius — noun large elliptical brightly colored deep sea fish of Atlantic and Pacific and Mediterranean • Syn: ↑opah, ↑moonfish • Hypernyms: ↑soft finned fish, ↑malacopterygian • Member Holonyms: ↑Lampris, ↑ …

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  • 77lancet fish — noun large elongate scaleless oceanic fishes with sharp teeth and a long dorsal fin that resembles a sail • Syn: ↑lancetfish, ↑wolffish • Hypernyms: ↑soft finned fish, ↑malacopterygian • Member Holonyms: ↑Alepisaurus, ↑ …

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  • 78lancetfish — noun large elongate scaleless oceanic fishes with sharp teeth and a long dorsal fin that resembles a sail • Syn: ↑lancet fish, ↑wolffish • Hypernyms: ↑soft finned fish, ↑malacopterygian • Member Holonyms: ↑Alepisaurus, ↑ …

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  • 79lanternfish — noun small fish having rows of luminous organs along each side; some surface at night • Hypernyms: ↑soft finned fish, ↑malacopterygian • Member Holonyms: ↑Myctophidae, ↑family Myctophidae …

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  • 80lizardfish — noun tropical fishes with large mouths in lizard like heads; found worldwide • Syn: ↑snakefish, ↑snake fish • Hypernyms: ↑soft finned fish, ↑malacopterygian • Member Holonyms: ↑Synodontidae, ↑ …

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