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

2 senses of squirrelfish

Sense 1
pinfish, sailor's-choice, squirrelfish, Lagodon rhomboides -- (similar to sea bream; small spiny-finned fish found in bays along the southeastern coast of the United States)
       => sparid, sparid fish -- (spiny-finned food fishes of warm waters having well-developed teeth)

Sense 2
squirrelfish -- (very small, brightly colored (especially red) nocturnal fishes of shallow waters or tropical reefs; they make sounds like a squirrel's bark)
       => spiny-finned fish, acanthopterygian -- (a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays)