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Filefish
Any fish of the family Monacanthidae, with very slender bodies.
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Any fish of the family Monacanthidae, with very slender bodies.
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| Word | Definition |
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| monacanthidnoun | (zoology) Any in the family Monacanthidae of filefishes. |
| tilefishnoun | Any of the mostly small, perciform marine fish in the family Malacanthidae; an important food fish. |
| moonfishnoun | Any of various flat, oval marine fish of numerous species in several families: |
| monocanthidnoun | Misspelling of monacanthid. [(zoology) Any in the family Monacanthidae of filefishes.] |
| sunfishnoun | Any of various large marine fishes of the family Molidae that have an oval compressed body. |
| bandfishnoun | Any of many perciform fish of the family Cepolidae |
| footballfishnoun | Any of the species of deep-sea anglerfishes in the family Himantolophidae. |
| needlefishnoun | Any of certain species of slender fish, principally of the family Belonidae, many usually found in shallow marine habitats. |
| billfishnoun | Any of several fish, of the families Istiophoridae and Xiphiidae, that have an elongated jaw. |
| boxfishnoun | Any of the family Ostraciidae of often colorful, squared, bony fishes. |
| horsefishnoun | Any of several species of fish in the family Congiopodidae. |
| threadfishnoun | Any of the genus Alectis of fish, noted for their filamentous anal and dorsal fins. |
| snailfishnoun | Any member of the Liparidae, a family of scorpaeniform marine fish. |
| devilfishnoun | The octopus. |
| knifefishnoun | Any of numerous fish with knife-shaped bodies, from several different families. |
| firefishnoun | Any of various fish of the genera Pterois and Parapterois. |
| ribbonfishnoun | Any of several lampriform fish, of the family Trachipteridae, having long, ribbon-like bodies. |
| bluefishnoun | A voracious fish (Pomatomus saltatrix) found in waters of the Atlantic and Indian Ocean. |
| monkfishnoun | Any large bottom-dwelling anglerfish of the genus Lophius, such as Lophius piscatorius, of the Atlantic, having a large head and mouth. |
| pinecone fishnoun | A beryciform marine fish of the family Monocentridae, with a rounded, compressed body covered in strong plate-like scales fortified with ridges. |
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