HyperDic: jawfish

English > 1 sense of the word jawfish:
NOUNanimaljawfishsmall large-mouthed tropical marine fishes common along sandy bottoms
English > jawfish: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningsmall large-mouthed tropical marine fishes common along sandy bottoms; males brood egg balls in their mouths; popular aquarium fishes.
Member ofOpisthognathidae, family Opisthognathidaejawfishes
Broaderpercoid fish, percoid, percoideanAny of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes

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