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apogon_maculatus
MEANING: a cardinalfish found in tropical Atlantic coastal waters
Hypernym Tree (apogon_maculatus is a type of)
cardinalfish -- (small red fishes of coral reefs and inshore tropical waters
percoid_fish, percoid, percoidean -- (any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes
spiny-finned_fish, acanthopterygian -- (a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays
teleost_fish, teleost, teleostan -- (a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei
bony_fish -- (any fish of the class Osteichthyes
fish -- (any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills; "the shark is a large fish"; "in the livingroom there was a tank of colorful fish"
aquatic_vertebrate -- (animal living wholly or chiefly in or on water
vertebrate, craniate -- (animals having a bony or cartilaginous skeleton with a segmented spinal column and a large brain enclosed in a skull or cranium
chordate -- (any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column
animal, animate_being, beast, brute, creature, fauna -- (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement
organism, being -- (a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
living_thing, animate_thing -- (a living (or once living) entity
object, physical_object -- (a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects"
entity -- (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving)
Also See
flame_fish, flamefish, Apogon_maculatus -- (a cardinalfish found in tropical Atlantic coastal waters
conchfish, Astropogon_stellatus -- (found in West Indies; lives in mantle cavity of a living conch
