gempylid

English Thesaurus

1. snake mackerels; elongated marine fishes with oily flesh; resembles mackerels; found worldwide (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	percoid, percoid fish, percoidean,
definition	:	any of numerous spiny-finned fishes of the order Perciformes (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	gempylus serpens, snake mackerel,
definition	:	predatory tropical fishes with jutting jaws and strong teeth (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	escolar, lepidocybium flavobrunneum,
definition	:	large snake mackerel with rings like spectacles around its eyes (noun.animal)

hyponym	:	oilfish, ruvettus pretiosus,
definition	:	very large deep-water snake mackerel (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family gempylidae, gempylidae,
definition	:	snake mackerels (noun.animal)