Meaning of FILEFISH
| Pronunciation: | | 'fIl`fish
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| | Definition: | | [n] narrow flattened warm-water fishes with leathery skin and a long file-like dorsal spine |
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| | See Also: | | Balistidae, family Balistidae, leatherfish, leatherjacket, plectognath, plectognath fish | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \File"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any plectognath fish of the genera {Monacanthus}, {Alutera},
{balistes}, and allied genera; -- so called on account of the
roughly granulated skin, which is sometimes used in place of
sandpaper.
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