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    WAHOO

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Large fast-moving predacious food and game fish; found worldwideplay

    Synonyms:

    Acanthocybium solandri; wahoo

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("wahoo" is a kind of...):

    mackerel (any of various fishes of the family Scombridae)

    Holonyms ("wahoo" is a member of...):

    Acanthocybium; genus Acanthocybium (wahoos)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    Deciduous shrub having purple capsules enclosing scarlet seedsplay

    Synonyms:

    burning bush; Euonymus atropurpureus; wahoo

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("wahoo" is a kind of...):

    bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

    Holonyms ("wahoo" is a member of...):

    Euonymus; genus Euonymus (widely distributed chiefly evergreen shrubs or small trees or vines)

    Sense 3

    Meaning:

    Upright deciduous plant with crimson pods and seeds; the eastern United States from New York to Florida and Texasplay

    Synonyms:

    Euonymus americanus; strawberry bush; wahoo

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("wahoo" is a kind of...):

    bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

    Holonyms ("wahoo" is a member of...):

    Euonymus; genus Euonymus (widely distributed chiefly evergreen shrubs or small trees or vines)

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