ladyfish
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Noun (1)
- game fish resembling the tarpon but smallerSynonyms: tenpounderElops saurusType of tarpon, Tarpon atlanticusMember of Elops, genus Elops
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
La′dy·fish′ noun
Zoology (a) A large, handsome oceanic fish (Albula vulpes), found both in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans; — called also bonefish, grubber, French mullet, and macabé. (b) A labroid fish (Harpe rufa) of Florida and the West Indies.
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54