bonefish

Noun
Synonyms: Albula vulpes

WordNet 3.0

Noun (1)

  1. slender silvery marine fish found in tropical mud flats and mangrove lagoonsSynonyms: Albula vulpes
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Ladyfish \La"dy*fish`\, n. (Zool.) (a) A large, handsome oceanic fish (Albula vulpes), found both in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; -- called also bonefish, grubber, French mullet, and macab['e]. (b) A labroid fish (Harpe rufa) of Florida and the West Indies. [1913 Webster]
Bonefish \Bone"fish`\ (-f[i^]sh`), n. (Zool.) See Ladyfish. [1913 Webster]
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