| NOUN | animal | gempylid | snake mackerels |
|---|
| Meaning | snake mackerels; elongated marine fishes with oily flesh; resembles mackerels; found worldwide / worldwide. | |
|---|---|---|
| Member of | Gempylidae, family Gempylidae | snake mackerels |
| Narrower | escolar, Lepidocybium flavobrunneum | large snake mackerel with rings like spectacles around its eyes |
| oilfish, Ruvettus pretiosus | Very large deep-water snake mackerel | |
| snake mackerel, Gempylus serpens | predatory tropical fishes with jutting jaws and strong teeth | |
| Broader | percoid fish, percoid, percoidean | Any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes |
| Spanish | gempylid | |
| Catalan | gempylid | |
©2001-25 · HyperDic hyper-dictionary · Contact