beaked salmon

noun

Any of several species of long, thin ray-finned fish in genus Gonorynchus (family Gonorynchidae) that live on sandy bottoms near shorelines.

Similar
beaked sandfishsandfishGonorhynchus gonorhynchus

Meanings

nounbeaked salmon (plural beaked salmon)
  1. Any of several species of long, thin ray-finned fish in genus Gonorynchus (family Gonorynchidae) that live on sandy bottoms near shorelines.

    Synonyms: beaked sandfish

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAny of several species of long, thin ray-finned fish in genus Gonorynchus (family Gonorynchidae) that live on sandy bottoms near shorelines.

Similar
beaked sandfish

More synonyms by meaning

nounfish of sandy areas of western Pacific and Indian oceans having an angular snout for burrowing into sand

Similar
sandfishGonorhynchus gonorhynchus
Broader
soft-finned fishmalacopterygian
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