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noun
Any fish in the taxonomic family Priacanthidae, which have large eyes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Any of certain fish or shark species identified by their large eyes, in particular bigeye tuna, Thunnus obesus.
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noun
red fishes of American coastal tropical waters having very large eyes and rough scales
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: percoid fish, percoid, percoidean
History
From big + eye.
