Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun leatherjacket

3 senses of leatherjacket

Sense 1
leatherjacket, leatherfish -- (any of several brightly colored tropical filefishes)
       => filefish -- (narrow flattened warm-water fishes with leathery skin and a long file-like dorsal spine)

Sense 2
leatherjacket, leatherjack -- (any of several New World tropical fishes having tiny embedded scales)
       => jack -- (any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas)

Sense 3
leatherjacket -- (tough-skinned larva of certain crane flies)
       => grub -- (a soft thick wormlike larva of certain beetles and other insects)