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shiner |
Noun
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something that shines (with emitted or reflected light) |
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shiner |
Noun
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a swollen bruise caused by a blow to the eye |
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swordtail |
Noun
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freshwater fish of Central America having a long swordlike tail |
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silkworm seed |
Noun
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eggs of a silkworm |
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seahorse |
Noun
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small fish with horse-like heads bent sharply downward and curled tails |
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seahorse |
Noun
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either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber |
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sea horse |
Noun
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small fish with horse-like heads bent sharply downward and curled tails |
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sea horse |
Noun
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either of two large northern marine mammals having ivory tusks and tough hide over thick blubber |
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snipefish |
Noun
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small bottom-dwelling fish of warm seas having a compressed body and a long snout with a toothless mouth |
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shrimpfish |
Noun
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slender tropical shallow-water East Indian fish covered with transparent plates |
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shrimp-fish |
Noun
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slender tropical shallow-water East Indian fish covered with transparent plates |
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silverfish |
Noun
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a silvery variety of Carassius auratus |
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silverfish |
Noun
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silver-grey wingless insect found in houses feeding on book bindings and starched clothing |
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squirrelfish |
Noun
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very small, brightly colored (especially red) nocturnal fishes of shallow waters or tropical reefs |
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squirrelfish |
Noun
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similar to sea bream |
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soldierfish |
Noun
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the larger squirrelfishes |
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soldier-fish |
Noun
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the larger squirrelfishes |
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sucker |
Noun
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mostly North American freshwater fishes with a thick-lipped mouth for feeding by suction |
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sucker |
Noun
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an organ specialized for sucking nourishment or for adhering to objects by suction |
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sucker |
Noun
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hard candy on a stick |
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sucker |
Noun
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flesh of any of numerous North American food fishes with toothless jaws |
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sucker |
Noun
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a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of |
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sucker |
Noun
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a drinker who sucks (as at a nipple or through a straw) |
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sucker |
Noun
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a shoot arising from a plant's roots |
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segmentation cavity |
Noun
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the fluid-filled cavity inside a blastula |
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siphon |
Noun
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a tubular organ in an aquatic animal (especially in mollusks) through which water can be taken in or expelled |
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siphon |
Noun
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a tube running from the liquid in a vessel to a lower level outside the vessel so that atmospheric pressure forces the liquid through the tube |
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siphon |
Verb
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move a liquid from one container into another by means of a siphon or a siphoning action |
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siphon |
Verb
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convey, draw off, or empty by or as if by a siphon |
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syphon |
Noun
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a tubular organ in an aquatic animal (especially in mollusks) through which water can be taken in or expelled |
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syphon |
Noun
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a tube running from the liquid in a vessel to a lower level outside the vessel so that atmospheric pressure forces the liquid through the tube |
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syphon |
Verb
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convey, draw off, or empty by or as if by a siphon |
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sea squirt |
Noun
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ascidian that can contract its body and eject streams of water |
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salp |
Noun
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minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end |
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salpa |
Noun
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minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end |
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spawn |
Noun
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the mass of eggs deposited by fish or amphibians or molluscs |
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spawn |
Verb
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lay spawn |
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spawn |
Verb
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call forth |
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striped killifish |
Noun
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black-barred fish of bays and coastal marshes of the Atlantic and Gulf Coast of the United States |
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stickleback |
Noun
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small (2-4 inches) pugnacious mostly scaleless spiny-backed fishes of northern fresh and littoral waters having elaborate courtship |
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superclass Agnatha |
Noun
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superclass of eel-shaped chordates lacking jaws and pelvic fins: lampreys |
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selachian |
Noun
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any of numerous fishes of the class Chondrichthyes characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton and placoid scales: sharks |
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shark |
Noun
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any of numerous elongate mostly marine carnivorous fishes with heterocercal caudal fins and tough skin covered with small toothlike scales |
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shark |
Noun
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a person who is unusually skilled in certain ways |
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shark |
Noun
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a person who is ruthless and greedy and dishonest |
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shark |
Verb
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hunt shark |
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shark |
Verb
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play the shark |
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sandbar shark |
Noun
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most common grey shark along coasts of middle Atlantic states |
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sandbar shark |
Noun
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widely distributed shallow-water shark with fins seemingly dipped in ink |
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six-gilled shark |
Noun
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large primitive shark widely distributed in warm seas |