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convictfish — /kon vikt fish /, n., pl. convictfishes, (esp. collectively) convictfish. See painted greenling. [CONVICT + FISH, so called from the fancied resemblance of its stripes to a convict s uniform] * * * … Universalium
convictfish — noun greenling with whitish body marked with black bands • Syn: ↑painted greenling, ↑convict fish, ↑Oxylebius pictus • Hypernyms: ↑greenling • Member Holonyms: ↑Oxylebius, ↑g … Useful english dictionary
Oxylebius pictus — convictfish convictfish n. a type of greenling ({Oxylebius pictus}) with a whitish body marked with black bands. Syn: painted greenling, {Oxylebius pictus}. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Oxylebius pictus — convictfish convictfish n. a type of greenling ({Oxylebius pictus}) with a whitish body marked with black bands. Syn: painted greenling, {Oxylebius pictus}. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
painted greenling — noun greenling with whitish body marked with black bands • Syn: ↑convict fish, ↑convictfish, ↑Oxylebius pictus • Hypernyms: ↑greenling • Member Holonyms: ↑Oxylebius, ↑genus Oxylebi … Useful english dictionary
painted greenling — a greenling, Oxylebius pictus, inhabiting the Pacific coastal waters of North America, having a whitish body marked with black bands. Also called convictfish. * * * … Universalium
convict fish — noun greenling with whitish body marked with black bands • Syn: ↑painted greenling, ↑convictfish, ↑Oxylebius pictus • Hypernyms: ↑greenling • Member Holonyms: ↑Oxylebius, ↑gen … Useful english dictionary
genus Oxylebius — noun a genus of Hexagrammidae • Syn: ↑Oxylebius • Hypernyms: ↑fish genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Hexagrammidae, ↑family Hexagrammidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
greenling — noun food fish of the northern Pacific • Hypernyms: ↑scorpaenoid, ↑scorpaenoid fish • Hyponyms: ↑kelp greenling, ↑Hexagrammos decagrammus, ↑painted greenling, ↑convict fish, ↑convictfish, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Oxylebius — noun a genus of Hexagrammidae • Syn: ↑genus Oxylebius • Hypernyms: ↑fish genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Hexagrammidae, ↑family Hexagrammidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
